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OF  THE  CITY  OF  NEW  YORK 

JUNE     6     TO     SEFTEM.BER     7 

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A      CATALOGUE      OF 

AN 

EXHIBITION    OF 

ANGLING     BOOK     PLATES 


HELD  BY 

THE  GROLIER  CLUB 

OF  THE   CITY  OF  NEW  YORK 

JUNE     6     TO     SEPTEMBER     7 

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Copyright,  1918,  by 
The  DeVinne  Press 


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FOREWORD 

FOR  the  purposes  of  this  collection,  book  plates 
showing  any  of  the  following  attributes  have 
been  gathered  together  : 

Primarily,  plates  showing  an  angling  scene,  such 
as  an  angler  or  fisherman  engaged  in  his  sport. 

Secondly,  any  of  the  various  articles  used  in  the 
sport  of  angling  or  fishing:  a  fishing  rod,  a  fish  pole, 
rod  case,  gaff  hook,  landing  net,  creel,  reel,  line, 
leaders,  box  for  leaders,  float,  hooks,  spoon  and 
double  and  triple,  bait,  bait  box  or  can,  artificial  flies 
on  gut  or  on  eyed  hooks,  fly  book,  eyed  fly  box,  and 
various  receptacles  for  "liquid  bait,"  from  the 
homely  "little  brown  jug"  to  the  aristocratic  silver 
flask ;  salmon,  eel  and  fish  spears,  nets,  seines,  lobster 
pots,  eel  pots,  and  various  basketwork  fish-traps. 

Thirdly,  copies  of  "The  Compleat  Angler,"  first  or 
other  editions,  copies  of  other  well-known  angling 
and  fishing  books,  portraits  of  Walton,  quotations 
from  him  and  other  angling  writers,  angling  mottoes. 

Fourthly,  plates  showing  the  so-called  sporting 
fish,— salmon,  tarpon,  tuna,  trout,  grayling,  etc.; 
plates  showing  coarse  fish  caught  with  rod  and  line 
or  hand  line,  such  as  cod,  eels,  flounders,  perch, 
pickerel,  pike,  etc. 

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FOREWORD 

Book  plates  exist  showing  one  or  more  of  all  the 
above-mentioned  objects.  Some  owners  have  been 
so  egotistical  as  to  have  their  own  portraits,  en- 
graved by  celebrated  artists  and  engravers,  upon 
their  book  plates.  In  some  cases,  and  most  success- 
fully, the  aid  of  the  camera  has  been  evoked,  and 
there  are  many  plates  with  charming  scenes  of 
woodland  wilds  and  tumbling  brooks,  which  show 
the  owner  of  the  plate  variously  engaged  in  casting, 
striking,  playing,  or  landing  his  fish,  and  others 
which  represent  him  peacefully  sitting  or  reclining 
under  the  shade  of  a  friendly  tree,  sometimes  intent 
upon  his  book,  at  others  asleep,  in  both  cases  the 
world  and  fish  forgot. 

Many  of  these  more  modern  plates  made  for  the  de- 
votees of  the  gentle  "Iz.  Wa.*'  show  delightfully  en- 
graved views  of  their  favorite  fishing  places;  these 
generally  have  in  addition  trophies  of  rod  and  reel, 
creel,  landing  net  or  gaff  hooks  to  emphasize  the 
owner's  preference  for  the  gentle  sport. 

Many  plates  exhibit  their  owner's  preference  for 
one  particular  fish.  Thus  we  find  plates  with  trout, 
tarpon  and  tuna,  others  with  pike,  perch,  etc.,  and 
several  with  mixed  lots  of  fish.  In  several  plates 
are  shown  a  copy  of  "The  Compleat  Angler."  Some- 
times the  owner,  proud  of  his  possession,  exhibits 
other  volumes  of  even  greater  rarity  than  the  "First 
Walton."  One  angler  exhibits  his  preference  for 
fly-fishing,  another  boldly  stands  with  the  tell-tale 
little  box  of  worms  hanging  to  his  creel  strap. 
IV 


FOREWORD 

Book  plates  of  this  description  have  been  done  by 
all  the  most  celebrated  book-plate  designers  and  en- 
gravers. Bewick  did  a  number  of  angling  book 
plates,  and  his  charming  woodcuts  have  been  adapted 
by  later  engravers,  many  times  without  due  credit. 

"Canting  or  allusive  (punning)  arms  are  coats-of- 
arms  whose  figures  allude  to  the  names,  professions, 
etc.,  of  the  bearers;  as  three  trout  for  Troutbeck, 
salmon  for  Salmon,  pike  for  Pyke,  tunny  for  Tonna, 
sturgeon  for  Sturgeon,  etc. 

"Such  arms  have  been  ignorantly  described  by  some 
writers  as  of  an  inferior  order,  whereas  there  can 
scarcely  be  a  greater  proof  of  their  antiquity  and 
highly  honorable  character." 

A  few  of  these  punning,  or  canting  arms,  or  armes 
parlantes,  as  they  are  variously  called,  are  to  be 
found  among  this  collection  of  angling  plates. 

Enough  has  been  said  to  show  what  an  attractive 

branch  is  open  to  collectors  who  specialize  in  certain 

kinds  of  book  plates. 

D.  B.  F. 


On  Aac  26,  \9X8,  as  tbc  last  pages  of  tbfs  volume  were 
goina  to  press,  Daniel  Sutler  f  caving,  of  Viewport, 
1Rbo^e  f  slan&,  died  0u^^enl^.  One  of  tbe  earliest  mem* 
bers  and  most  generous  benefactors  of  Ube  (3rolier  Club, 
ttr.  jfearina's  last  da^s  were  occupied  in  editing  tbis 
catalogue  of  bis  collection  of  angling  book  plates,  to  tbe 
malting  of  wbicb  be  bad  devoted  man^  is^arsof  bapp^  labor. 


EXPLANATORY  NOTE 

In  this  catalogue  the  following  uses  have  been  adopted : 

Entries  are  arranged  alphabetically  under  the  surnames 
of  the  owners,  but  appear  in  the  form  found  upon 
the  book  plates,  together  with  "ex  libris,"  or  other 
designation  of  ownership. 

The  word  "signed"  refers  to  the  signature  of  the  artist, 
and,  unless  otherwise  qualified,  to  a  printed  signature. 

Brackets  are  used  to  signify  the  insertion  of  names  or 
letters  not  appearing  in  printed  signatures.  Unless 
described  as  "signed,"  it  will  be  understood  that,  al- 
though the  name  of  the  artist  may  be  stated,  it  is  not 
printed  upon  the  plate. 

The  word  "autographed"  refers  to  the  signature  of  the 
owner  of  the  plate.  The  "handing"  is  described  heral- 
dically  (book  plates  having  been  primarily  heraldic), 
the  word  "dexter"  referring  to  the  side  of  the  print 
nearest  to  the  left  hand  of  the  spectator,  etc. 

Measurements  are  given  in  inches,  with  the  height 
placed  first,  and  refer  to  the  printed  portion  of  the 
plate,  regardless  of  plate  marks,  and  not  including 
remarques. 

"Trial  proof"  means  an  impression  pulled  to  show  the 
progress  of  the  work  upon  the  plate. 

"Proof"  means  an  impression  printed  with  more  than 
usual  care,  or  upon  paper  differing  in  some  respect 
(other  than  color)  from  that  of  the  ordinary  edition. 
Unless  otherwise  stated,  it  will  be  understood  that 
proofs  are  on  Japan  vellum  paper. 

Entries  not  qualified  as  proofs  or  trial  proofs  refer  to 
ordinary  impressions.  Entries  consisting  of  letters 
only  (b,  c,  etc.)  refer  to  ordinary  impressions. 

VII 


NOTE 

Abbreviations  refer  to  the  following  works : 

A=[ANDREINI,  J.   M.]     J.   Winfred   Spenceley. 

1910. 
B  =  [BRAINERD,    I.    H.]      Edwin    Davis    French. 

1908. 
Ba  =  LV  Book  Plates  .  .  .  from  Designs  by  W.  P. 

Barrett.    1910. 
H  =  HUGO,  Thomas.    The  Bewick  Collector.    1866. 
M  =  MOULE,  Thomas.    Heraldry  of  Fish.    1842. 
S  =  SHERBORN,  C.  D.    A  Sketch  of  .  .  .  Charles 

William  Sherborn.     1912. 
Sm  ==  A  List  of  Book-plates  etched  or  engraved  by 

Sidney  L.  Smith.    1912. 
V  =  VINER,  G,  H.    A  Descriptive  Catalogue  of  the 

Bookplates  designed  and  etched  by  George  W. 

Eve,  R.  E.    1916. 


VIII 


CATALOGUE 

1.  Ex  Libris  I  Gordon  Abbott. 

Engraving,  signed  and  dated:  J.  W.  Spenceley. 

Boston.     1905.        3%  X  2%.  A :  165. 

U.  S.  Pictorial.     View  on  North  Shore,  West 

Manchester,  Mass.     Rod-case,  rod,  reel  and 

creel. 
a  Autographed  proof.        b  Autographed. 

2.  Ex  Libris  |  Gordon  Abbott. 

Engraving,  signed  and  dated:  [Frederick] 
Spenceley  1910.        3-!^><2^- 

Facsimile  of  No.  i,  made  by  Frederick  Spence- 
ley after  the  death  of  his  brother,  the  original 
plate  having  been  lost.  It  was  afterwards 
found,  and  this  plate  was  discontinued. 

a  Proof,  signed  in  pencil.        b  Autographed. 

3.  Arthur  M  Aiken  |  Ex  Libris 

Process,  signed:  W.  M.  H[ardy].        3%6Xl%- 
U.  S.  Pictorial,  ichthyic.    A  trout  leaping  out  of 

the  water;  a  rod,  reel  and  creel. 
Signed  in  ink. 

4.  Ex  Libris  |  James  Heugh  |  Aitken  |  A.  D. 
1892 

Engraving,  signed:  Alice  Gair  del.  C.  W.  Sher- 
born  Sc.        4%6  x  3%.  S :  [143]  P.  63. 


AN  EXHIBITION  OF 

^,ng^iish!  Pictorial,  ichthyic.  Two  grotesque  fish, 
•    eOurvter  placed  i:>  upper  sinister  corner,  from 
,  wibose  mouths  run  lines  forming  the  borders 
;:  Gf:the  pbtt.         t^. 
Printed  on  thin  papei . 
Designed  for  use  in  the  owner's  sporting  books. 


5.  Ex  Libris  |  James  Heugh  |  Aitken  |  A.  D. 
1892 

Small  reproduction  of  No.  4.        i^^e  x  i%- 
a  Blue,  on  thick  paper.  S  :  p.  63. 

h  Brown,  on  thick  paper, 
c  Carmine,  on  thick  paper. 
d  Pink,  on  thin  paper. 

This  is  found,  also,  printed  in  black,  on  thin 
paper. 

6.  Ex  Libris  |  Hartley  |  Anderson 

Process,  designed  by  owner,  3%X2^, 
U.  S.  Pictorial,  portrait,  water-craft.  Owner  in 
canoe,  paddle  in  hands;  background,  a  seine; 
at  bottom  of  plate  a  fly  rod,  with  reel,  the  line 
of  which  makes  an  inside  border  for  the 
plate;  in  upper  sinister  corner,  a  vignette  of 
a  small  pond  in  Maine, 
Unique  trial  proof,  autographed.  After  this 
proof  had  been  pulled,  the  plate  was  acci- 
dentally knocked  into  an  acid  bath  and  de- 
stroyed, 

7.  Jn*>  Anderson  Jun*". 

Wood,  by  Thomas  Bewick.        2%6X3%- 

H :  1942. 
English.    Pictorial.    A  wooded  dell,  a  man  fish- 
ing with  a  long  pole  in  deep  pool  under  a  huge 


ANGLING  BOOK  PLATES 

rock,  on  which  he  stands  half  hidden  in  a 
thick  covert  at  the  foot  of  an  old  tree. 
On  white  paper.  It  is  found,  also,  printed  on 
yellow  China  paper.  It  is  said  to  have  been 
Bewick's  custom  to  send  out  his  book-plates  in 
small  packets  printed  on  papers  of  different 
colors. 

8.  William  |  Shankland  |  Andrews  [Justice  of 
the  Supreme  Court  of  New  York,  1900- 
1908]. 

Process,  signed:  M  F.        4X3i46- 
U.  S.  Pictorial,  water-craft.  A  man  fishing  from 
a  punt;  a  landing  net. 

9.  Ex  Libris  |  James  H.  Annandale 

Process,  signed  and  dated:  R.  Hope.  1896. 
5^x3^6. 

English.  Armorial,  pictorial.  A  rod,  reel,  line, 
creel  and  flask  in  a  trophy  of  sporting  imple- 
ments at  foot  of  plate. 

There  is  a  small  reproduction  of  this  plate. 

10.  Buddie  Atkinson 

Engraving,  by  B.  F.  Robinson.        2%X2%. 

English.  Armorial,  pictorial.  An  angler  with 
an  extremely  long  rod  walking  along  the  banks 
of  a  wooded  stream. 

a  Early  impression,  from  old  plate. 

b  Proof,  on  cream-colored  paper,  from  re- 
touched plate, 

c  On  white  paper,  from  retouched  plate. 

This  is  found,  also,  printed  on  yellow  China 
paper. 


AN  EXHIBITION  OF 

11.  Ex-Libris  |  William  C.  Atwater.  |  1904. 

Engraving,  by  W.  F.  Hopson.        3^x2%. 

U.  S.  Pictorial,  water-craft.  Vignette  in  upper 
dexter  corner  shows  a  man  in  a  boat  rowed 
by  another  man,  on  a  small  lake,  fast  to  a 
fish.  At  bottom  of  plate,  a  rod,  reel,  line, 
creel  and  landing  net. 

a  Trial  proof,  on  thick  paper,  initialed  in  pencil 

by  artist. 
b 


12.  Ex-Libris  |  Nathan  Chase  Ayer  |  1911 

Etching,  signed:  W.  F.  Hopson.        3X2%. 

U.  S.  Pictorial.  A  camp  fire  with  kettle ;  near-by 
a  rod  with  reel  and  line  leans  against  the 
trunk  of  a  giant  tree  in  whose  shade  sits  a 
man  with  pipe  and  book. 

a  Proof,  signed  in  pencil.        b 


13.  Ex  Libris  |  Ballynahinch. 

Engraving,  signed:  P  C  B[aker].  Del  &  Sc. 

3%X35/i6. 

Irish.    Pictorial,  ichthyic.    A  rod,  reel  and  gaff- 
hook;  a  landing-net  with  four  fish  in  it. 
a  Proof,  on  plate  paper.        b 


14.  Ex-Libris  |  Lucius  Barnes  Barbour  |  191 1 

Engraving,  signed :  W.  F.  Hopson.        3%6  x  2%6. 
U.  S.  Pictorial,  ichthyic,  water-craft.     A  pound 

net;  a  seine  with  five  fish  lying  in  it;  a  fish 

swimming  and  two  fish  casks. 
a  Trial  proof,  signed  in  pencil,    b  Autographed. 


ANGLING  BOOK  PLATES 

15.  Harvard  College  Library.  |  Collection  of 
Books  on  Angling,  Etc.  |  Given  by  |  John 
Bartlett,  |  (A.  M.  1871)  |  Nov.  17,  1892. 

Printed  label.        3%6X2^. 

U.  S.  Armorial.  The  Harvard  seal,  with  letter- 
press, as  above. 

Included  here  as  representing  a  collection  of 
books  on  angling,  etc.  John  Bartlett  was  also 
the  compiler  of  "Familiar  Quotations." 

16.  Thomas  Alcock  Beck 

Engraving,  signed:  [Mark]  Lambert. 

2?i6X3%6. 

English.  Armorial,  pictorial,  punning.  An 
angler,  rod  in  hand,  fish  bag  on  back,  standing 
beside  a  rocky  "beck"  or  brook, 

17.  Ex  Libris  Francisci  E.  Beddard.  A.  M.  Oxon. 
[Author  and  naturalist,  b.  1858.] 

Process,  signed:  G.  R.  H[alkett].        3x2%. 

English.  Pictorial,  ichthyic,  water-craft.  A 
monk  fishing  with  a  hand  line  from  a  medi- 
aeval boat;  a  skatefish,  starfish,  hermit  crab, 
horsefoot-crab  and  shells. 

18.  Ex  Libris  |  Mary.  Duchess  of  Bedford 

Engraving,  signed  and  dated:  Inv.  W.  P.  B[ar- 
rett].     1899.        3%oX3.  Ba:4. 

English.  Pictorial.  A  disjointed  rod,  reel,  and 
creel. 

a  Original  sketch  for  the  plate,  without  the  cat. 
h 


AN  EXHIBITION  OF 

19.  Agnes  C.  Bickerton  |  Ex  Libris 

Etching,   signed  and   dated:   H   N   Poole   1917. 

3%  X  2l%6. 

U.  S.  (Hawaiian  Islands).    Pictorial,  water-craft. 

An  outrigger  canoe  on  the  beach  at  Waikiki. 

The  Sandwich  Islanders  use  these  canoes  for 

fishing  only. 
Remarque  proof,  printed  in  brown  (No.  7  of  25 

copies),  signed  in  pencil. 

20.  Ex  Libris  |  Henry  Blackwell 

Engraving,  designed  by  Townend  (sic)  Glover 
and   engraved   by   Hagopian   Eng.   Co.,    1894. 

11^6X2^6. 

U.  S.  Pictorial,  ichthyic.    A  rod,  reel,  line,  creel 

and  landing-net;  flying  fish,  trout  and  other 

fish. 
a  Autographed  proof,     b  Autographed. 
This  plate  is  taken  from  an  original  pen-and-ink 

sketched  plate  of  Townend  Glover  (see  No. 

105). 

21.  Mary  E.  Blair. 

Engraving,  signed  and  dated:  Inv  W.  P.  B[ar- 

rett].     1907.        3^X2%. 
English.    Pictorial.    A  reel,  a  disjointed  rod. 

22.  Enos  S.  Booth  |  Ex  Libris. 

Process.        2%  x  1%. 

U.  S.  Pictorial,  ichthyic,  water-craft.  A  rod, 
reel,  and  line  with  a  fish  fast  at  end;  a  duck- 
ing-punt. 

23.  Ex  Libris  |  Christian  B  |  and  |  Lou  C  Bors 

Process,  signed:  W.  M.  H[ardy].        4X2%6. 
6 


ANGLING  BOOK  PLATES 

U.  S.  Pictorial,  ichthyic,  water-craft.  Two  men 
in  a  birch  bark  canoe,  one  fast  to  a  trout, 
which  leaps  out  of  the  water. 

Signed  in  ink,  and  autographed. 

24.  Lady  Boston. 

Engraving.        2%  x  2I4.  M  :  p.  158. 

English.    Armorial.    An  heraldic  net  in  arms. 
This  plate  is  included  to  show  one  of  the  heral- 
dic ways  of  illustrating  a  seine  or  net. 

25.  Ex  I  Libris  |  J°hn  C  Br^atch 

Process,  signed :  M.  B.  D.        3%  x  21^6- 
U.  S.  Pictorial.    A  creel. 

26.  Ex  Libris  |  Henry  Brooke 

Process,  signed:  L.  L.  B(rooke).  3%X2M. 

English.     Pictorial,   portrait    (?),   ichthyic.     A 

rod,  reel  and  line;  a  shoal  of  small  fish,  and 

five  larger  ones. 

27.  Ex  Libris  |  Alfred  Jerome  Brown 

Engraving,  signed  and  dated:  A  [If  red]  J[er- 
ome]  B[rown]   1906.        3^^2%6. 

U.  S.  Pictorial.    A  rod  and  reel. 

a  On  cream-colored  paper.  First  state,  with 
short  rod  and  rifle  barrel. 

h  Second  state,  with  rod  and  rifle  barrel  length- 
ened to  reach  vignette.    Signed  in  ink. 

28.  Ex  Libris  |  Waldo  C  Bryant 

Engraving,  signed  and  dated:  A.  N.  Macdonald 

Fecit  1912.        3^X2^. 
U.  S.  Pictorial,  water-craft.    A  rod,  reel,  creel 

and  landing  net;  a  canoe.     A  scene  on  Lac 


AN  EXHIBITION  OF 

Roche-Fondu,  Metabetchouan  Fish  and  Game 
Club,  Kiskisink,  Canada. 
a  Proof,  signed  in  pencil.        b  Autographed. 

29.  John  H.  Buck. 

Engraving,  signed  and  dated:  M  B[uck]  del. — 
1900 — E  D  F[rench]  sc.        3X2H6. 

B:i66. 

U.  S.  Pictorial.  Through  an  open  window,  a 
man  is  seen  seated  under  a  tree  on  the  banks 
of  a  stream,  fishing. 

Second  state,  with  hawk  in  sky. 

In  the  first  state  the  plate  is  not  signed. 

30.  Library  of  |  Frank  Merton  |  Buckland 

Process,  by  the  Eclipse  Electrotype  and  En- 
graving Company,  Cleveland.        3  x  i^^e- 

U.  S.  Armorial,  pictorial.  An  angler  wading 
and  fishing  a  rapid  stream ;  two  rods,  reels, 
lines  and  leaders,  four  artificial  flies. 

Printed  in  brown,  autographed. 

31.  Ex  I  Libris  |  William  Allen  Butler. 

Engraving,  signed  and  dated:  Jean  Arnot  Reid, 
del.  [Frederick]   Spenceley,  Sc.  *i6. 

3^X2%6. 

U.   S.   Pictorial,   ichthyic,  water-craft.     A  rod, 
reel,  line  and  creel;  two  trout;  a  sloop  yacht. 
Autographed. 

32.  Eben  |  Mac  Bumey  |  Byers 

Engraving,  signed  and  dated:  J  W  S[penceley]. 
1905.        2^6X215^6.  A:i5S- 

U.  S.  Pictorial.    A  fishing  line  [  ?] 
a  Proof,  signed  in  pencil.        b 

8 


ANGLING  BOOK  PLATES 

33.  Ex  I  Libris  |  Andrew  Carnegie,  2»*»  |  Cum- 
berland Island,  Ga. 

Engraving,  signed  and  dated :  Jean  Arnot  Reid, 
del.     [Frederick]  Spenceley,  Sc.  1914. 

3K6X2%6. 

U.  S.  Pictorial,  ichthyic.  A  rod,  reel,  line  and 
creel;  two  trout  [?] 

34.  H.  Cave 

Engraving.        1%  x  3. 

English.      Pictorial,    water-craft.      A    man    on 

bridge  in  background  with  rod  on  shoulder; 

two  sail  boats  in  distance. 

35.  S^  Tho».  Cave  Bar*,  of  Stanford  |  Hall  in  the 
County  of  Leicester 

Engraving.        3%  x  2%.  M :  p.  157. 

English.  Armorial,  punning.  Arms:  Az., 
fretty  arg.,  on  a  canton  arg.,  the  red  hand  of 
Ulster.  Fretty  Arg.,  =  Heraldic  net.  Motto : 
Gardes.  =  Cave   (beware  the  net). 

Like  No.  24,  this  is  included  as  an  example  of 
an  heraldic  seine  or  net. 

36.  Ex  I  Libris  |  Waldo  K.  Chase 

Process,  signed:  A  [my]  M.  S  [acker]. 

3%X2%6. 

U.  S.  Pictorial.    A  creeL 
Signed  in  ink. 

37.  Ex  Libris  |  Royden  W.  Cheney 

Process,    signed:    D[ana]     W.    S[tockbridge]. 

2^%6X2%6. 

U.  S.  Pictorial.    A  rod,  reel  and  line. 
a  Signed  in  pencil.        b  Autographed. 

9 


AN  EXHIBITION  OF 

38.  W.  H.  Clagett  |  One  of  His  Books 

Process,  signed:  C.  V[alentine]  K[irby]. 

3%  X  2. 
U.  S.  Pictorial,  ichthyic.     An  oval  picture  of  a 

running  brook;    border   of   water,    in   which 

swim  many  lusty  trout. 

39.  Herbert  and  Marie  Clapp 

Process.        3^  x  2. 

U.  S.  Pictorial,  portrait,  A  very  small  boy  fish- 
ing from  a  roughly  made  landing  stage. 
(From  a  photograph.) 

Autographed  by  Mrs.  Clapp. 

40.  Ex  I  Libris  |  George  Oliver  Clark 

Process,  designed  by  owner;  dated:  1906. 

aVs  X  3^2. 
U.  S.  Armorial,  pictorial,  ichthyic.     A  rod,  reel 

and  line  with  dangling  fish  on  hook. 

41.  R.  Glynn  Clobery  |  M  D  [1719-1800] 

Engraving.        3%6  x  s^M-C-  See  M :  p.  130. 

English.    Armorial.    Three  salmon  spears. 

A  description  of  the  learned,  kindly,  eccentric 
owner  and  his  book-plates  may  be  found  in  the 
"Ex  Libris  Journal,"  Vol.  II,  pp.  8,  9. 

42.  Louisa  Lucy  Clowes 

Engraving,  signed  and  dated:  C.  W.  S[herborn] 
R  E  1902.        3^  X  2^i  S :  [350]  p.  87. 

English.  Armorial,  pictorial.  "A  fly  fisherman 
at  work  in  Dovedale." 

Proof,  on  plate  paper. 

10 


ANGLING  BOOK  PLATES 

43.  The  Club  of  Odd  Volumes  |  56  Mount  Vernon 

Street,  Boston 

Pictorial  admission  card  to  an  Exhibition  of 
Angling  Book-Plates,  etc.,  from  the  collection 
of  Daniel  B.  Fearing,  March,  1917.  Printed 
at  The  Merrymount  Press. 

44.  Ex  Libris  |  Alexander  Cochrane 

Engraving,  designed  by  Henry  A.  Ward. 

U.  S.  Pictorial.    Two  rods,  reels,  and  a  creel. 
a  First  state,  with  portrait  of   Scott  in  book. 

Autographed. 
b  Second  state,  without  portrait.    Autographed. 

45.  Ex  Libris  |  Geoffrey  Russell  Rees  Colman. 

Engraving,  signed:  F.  G.  H[ouse].        sVs^^Ys. 

English.  Armorial,  pictorial,  water-craft.  A  vig- 
nette of  a  wading  angler,  fishing  a  stream,  and 
fast  in  a  fish;  a  jib  and  mainsail  boat. 

Printed  in  brown. 

46.  Ralph  I  Lester  |  Colton 

Process,  designed  by  owner.        2^x2. 

U.  S.  Pictorial,  ichthyic,  water-craft.  A  lobster 
pot  at  bottom  of  sea;  two  lobsters,  a  codfish, 
and  a  weakfish  examining  it;  a  fishing 
schooner. 

Signed  in  ink. 

47.  His  Book  |  Charles  M.  Cooke  III 

Etching,  signed  and  dated:  H  N  P[oole]  [19]  16. 

4y8X2%6. 

U.  S.  (Hawaiian  Islands).  Pictorial.  A  small 
barefoot  lad,  on  bank  of  small  stream;  rough 

11 


AN  EXHIBITION  OF 

fish  pole  with  line  and  float  on  his  shoulder, 
tin  can  of  bait  in  his  hand. 
a  Signed  in  pencil.        b  Autographed. 

48.  George  Wingrove  Cooke.  |  Middle  Temple. 

Engraving,  signed :  Hans  Busk,  del*.        5  x  3%. 

English.  Armorial,  pictorial.  A  trophy  of 
sporting  implements,  including  four  rods  with 
lines,  a  creel,  and  a  salmon  spear. 

a  Original  unfinished  sketch  for  the  plate. 

b  Completed  sketch  for  the  plate. 

c 

The  sketches  were  found  recently  (1918)  among 
the  papers  of  Silvester,  the  engraver,  who 
probably  engraved  the  plate  (see  also  Nos. 
240,  274). 

49.  Theodore  A.  Cooke  |  Ex  Libris 

Etching,  by  H.  Nelson  Poole.        3%X2%. 

U.S.  (Hawaiian  Islands).  Pictorial, water-craft. 
A  cook  boy  fishing  with  a  hand  line  from 
stern  of  a  flat  bottomed  dinghy;  a  three  pole- 
acre  masted  schooner. 

a  Signed  in  pencil.        b  Autographed. 

50.  Rev<».  H.  Cotes  |  Vicar  |  Bedlington.  |  1802 

Wood,  signed  in  monogram:  T[homas]  B[ew- 
ick].        2x3:^.  H:  1989-90. 

English.  Pictorial.  "The  parson  fishing/'  with 
another  angler  in  an  old  mill  pond. 

a  Without  Bewick's  monogram. 

b  Another  state  (rare)  with  the  monogram, 
"T  B,"  on  the  rock ;  inlaid  with  the  title-page 
of  the  book  from  which  it  was  taken :  "Traite 
de  la  Devotion.  Par  M.  Jurieu.  A  La  Haye, 
M.DC.XCVII."    Autographed. 

12 


ANGLING  BOOK  PLATES 

Very  few  impressions  exist.  The  owner  edited 
the  second  volume  of  "British  Birds,"  and  the 
plate  was  cut  by  Bewick  "in  compliment  to 
him."  It  was  afterwards  used,  without  the 
name,  as  a  tail-piece  to  "British  Birds." 


51.  Rev.  H.  S.  Cotton.  [At  one  time  ordinary 
of  Newgate,  and  a  collector  of  angling 
books.] 

Engraving,  signed:  P.  Audinet,  Sculp. 

English.    Armorial,  pictorial,  ichthyic,  punning. 

Arms  (three  cotton  hanks)  play  on  the  name. 

Rod,  line  with  fly  hook,  salmon  spear,  landing 

net,   fish   hamper;    rake    for   bottom   fishing; 

four  coarse  fish. 
a  Proof,  presentation  copy  from  the  son  of  the 

owner. 
b  Autographed. 

D.r.  Cotton's  library  was  sold  at  Sotheby's  on 
Dec.  20,  1838.  It  contained  one  of  the  three 
known  copies  of  Samuel  Gardiner's  "Booke 
of  Angling,"  which  at  the  sale  brought  only 
£4:2:0.  He  thought  it  to  be  unique  and  so 
noted  on  the  fly  leaf  of  the  book.  This  copy 
was  in  the  Huth  Library,  recently  dispersed, 
another  is  in  the  Bodleian,  and  a  third  is  in 
the  Fearing  Collection  now  in  the  Harvard 
College  Library. 

52.  One  of  the  Books  of  |  Henry  Fisher  Cox  |  13 
Albert  Place  |  Kensington. 

Process,  signed:  L[eonard]  L[eslie]   B[rooke]. 

3^6X2^6. 

English.     Pictorial,  punning.     Picture  plays  on 
13 


AN  EXHIBITION  OF 

second  name.     A  youth  fishing,  seated  under 
a  tree,  book  in  hand,  his  fishing  forgotten. 

a  With  address  as  described. 

b  With  address,  "Hook  Hill,  Woking  Surrey." 

53.  One  of  the  Books  of  |  Henry  Fisher  Cox  |  13 
Albert  Place  |  Kensington. 

Etching,  signed:  L  L  B[rooke]  S  Hollyer 

A  copy  by  Samuel  Hollyer  of  No.  52a. 
Brown,  signed  in  pencil  by  engraver. 

One  of  the  Books  of  |  Henry  Fisher  Cox  | 
Hook  Hill,  Woking,  Surrey,  see  No.  52b 

54.  Ex  I  Libris  |  Rensselaer  W.  Cox  |  Chicago 

Process,  signed  and  dated:  C.  Rollinson,  Fecit 

1898.        3y8X2M. 
U.  S.  Pictorial,  ichthyic.     A  rod,  reel,  line,  fly 

hook  on  leader,  flask  and  bunch  of  small  fish. 
a  Brown.     First  state,  without  artist's  name  or 

date. 
b  Brown.     Second  state,  with  artist's  name  and 

date.    Autographed. 

55.  [Cozon.] 

Engraving.        2%6  x  1%. 

French.    Armorial.    A  salmon  spear. 

56.  George  W.  Crile  [M.  D.] 

Process,  designed  by  Amy  Rowland.        3%  x  2%. 
U.    S.    Pictorial.     A   stream   winding   through 

14 


ANGLING  BOOK  PLATES 

meadows,  hills  in  the  background;  under  a 
shady  tree,  a  man  seated,  angling. 
a  Signed  in  ink.        b  Autographed. 

57.  Robert  |  Hobart  |  Davis  |  His  Book 

Process,  signed:  Franklin  Booth.        3% ^2^2- 
U.  S.  Pictorial,  ichthyic.    Two  trout;  the  whirl 
of  a  risen  trout.    Dedication :  To  Robert  Ho- 
bart    Davis  .  .  .  Nineteen     Hundred     Seven 
from  Franklin  Booth. 
Autographed. 

58.  Ex  Libris  |  Will  J.  Davis  [  Willowdale  |  Crown 
Point,  Indiana 

Process.        2^%6  x  i%. 

U.  S.  Pictorial.    A  rod  in  rod-case. 

Printed  in  brown. 

59.  Ex  Libris  |  Piscatoriis  |  Charles  Stewart 
Davison 

Engraving,  signed  and  dated:  J.  W.  S [pence- 
ley].     'o6        3x2^.  A:  186. 

U.  S.  Armorial,  pictorial,  ichthyic.  A  salmon 
rod  and  gaflf,  two  salmon  flies,  a  landing  net; 
a  salmon  haurient  (in  arms)  ;  a  mermaid. 

a  Proof,  signed  in  pencil.        b 

60.  Ex  Libris  |  Anson  Macleod  Day 

Engraving,  signed  and  dated:  A  N  Macdonald 

Sc.  1906.         3M  X  25^6. 
U.  S.  Pictorial,  water-craft.     A  rod,  reel,  line, 

creel    and    landing    net;    a    ducking   punt;    a 

Mackinaw  canoe,  in  remarque. 
Remarque  proof,  brown. 

15 


AN  EXHIBITION  OF 

61.  Ex  Libris  |  David  Sheldon  Day 

Etching,  designed  by  Katharine  Merrill. 

3%X3. 
U.  S.  Pictorial,  ichthvic.    A  rod,  reel  and  four 

fish. 
Proof,  on  plate  paper,  signed  in  pencil. 


62.  Ex  Libris  |  James  B.  Dill  |  MDCCCCII. 

Engraving,  signed  and  dated:  E.  D.  F[rench]. 

S.  H[ollyer].     1902.        3%6X2M.  8:197. 

U.  S.  Pictorial,  portrait.     A  man  angling  in  a 

mountain  stream. 
a  Second     state,     with     "Vol.     No  .  .  .  Shelf 

No  .  .  ." 
b  Third  state,  with  full  face  portrait  engraved 

by   J.    A.    J.    Wilcox.      Signed    in   pencil   by 

Mr.  Wilcox. 
The   first    state   has    not    "Vol.    No  .  .  .  Shelf 

No  .  .  ." 


63.  Ex  Libris  |  Eduard  Dillman 

Process,  signed:  M  V  H        414X2%6- 
Austrian.    Pictorial,  portrait,  water-craft.    "Mr. 

Pickwick"  fishing  from  a  punt. 
Made  for  the  owner's  collection  of  Dickensiana. 


64.  Ex  I  Libris  |  Frank  |  Dunning 

Engraving,  signed:  Dempsey  &  Carroll,  N.  Y. 

3l4X2%6. 

U.  S.  Pictorial.  A  man  angling  in  mountain 
stream ;  border  with  entwined  line,  mayflies 
and  other  trout  food,  and  several  fish. 

Autographed. 

16 


ANGLING  BOOK  PLATES 

65.  Ex  Libris  |  Herbert  |  Edlmann 

Process,  signed  and  dated:  J.  Williams  '93 

51^6X3. 
English.     Pictorial,  ichthyic.     A  river  scene;  a 

rod,  line,  hook  and  sinkers ;  a  creel  with  a  fish 

in  it.    "His  Line.    His  Hook.    His  Fish.    His 

Book." 

66.  Robert  Eeles 

Engraving,  signed:  Graham  Johnston,  Del. 

3^^6X21/4. 

English.  Armorial,  ichthyic,  punning.  Arms  play 
on  the  name.  Arms :  In  chief  a  poppinjay  sa., 
in  base  three  eels  naiant  fesswise  az. 

a  Printed  in  black.        b  Printed  in  brown. 

67.  Whitman  College  Library  .  .  .  Eells  North- 
west History  Collection 

Lithograph.        4^2  x  2i%6. 

U.  S.  Armorial,  ichthyic,  punning.  Arms  play 
on  the  name.  Arms :  Three  eels,  naiant.  Be- 
low :  "The  arms  of  Major  Samuel  Eells  of 
Hingham,  Mass.     dated  August  i.  1705-" 

Printed  in  blue. 

68.  Albert  Ellbogen's  Book 

Process.        2i%6  x  2^. 

U.  S.  Pictorial.     A  young  man  seated  under  a 

tree  fishing;  near  him,  a  tin  bait  can  and  an 

open  book. 

69.  Ellis 

Engraving.        3%6  x  2%6- 

English.      Armorial,    ichthyic,    punning.     Arms 

17 


AN  EXHIBITION  OF 

play  on  the  name.     Arms:   Arg.,  three  eels 
naiant,  fesswise  sa. 

70.  Edward  Augustus  Ellsworth 

Process,  signed  and  dated:  A[da]  W.  E[lls- 
worth]  '09.        3^2X2%. 

U.  S.  Pictorial,  ichthyic.  Two  rods,  reels  and 
lines  ending  in  spoon  hooks  in  the  mouths  of 
two  nondescript  fish;  two  bait  frogs. 

a  Signed  in  ink  on  back  of  plate. 

b  Autographed. 

71.  Ex-Libris  |  John  Franklin  Enders 

Process.         21^2  X  2%6. 

U.  S.  Pictorial.  A  disjointed  rod,  reel,  creel  and 
landing  net. 

72.  Ex  I  Libris  |  John  Ostrom— Harriet  Whitmore 
Enders 

Engraving,  signed  and  dated:  F.  T.  Gay.    '98. 

3l/2X2l%6. 

Armorial,  pictorial,  ichthyic.    Three  trout. 
a  Printed  in  black.        b  Printed  in  mauve. 

73.  H.  C.  Eno. 

Etching,  by  owner,  signed:  H.  C.  Eno  Ipse 
sculpsit.        2M.6  X  2%. 

U.  S.  Pictorial,  water-craft.  A  man  with  fishing 
rod  on  shoulder,  standing  in  front  of  light- 
house, on  rocky  shore;  a  yawl. 

74.  Daniel  B.  Fearing  |  Newport.  R.  I. 

Etching,  signed  and  dated:  S.  L.  S[mith].  Feb. 
1899-        3y2  X  2y2.  Sm :  25. 

18 


ANGLING  BOOK  PLATES 

U.  S.  Pictorial,  ichthyic.  A  lusty  trout  rising  to 
a  fly  in  deep  water.  Above:  "Wish  us  the 
Wind  South."  Below  this,  a  number  of  floats. 
Dexter  side:  a  disjointed  rod,  from  which 
gut  leaders  and  artificial  flies  twine  over  top 
and  sinister  side.    Below :  coils  of  leaders. 

a  Proof,  black,  signed  in  pencil  (not  over  lo 
copies  pulled  in  1899). 

b  Very  dark  green  (only  a  few  copies  pulled  in 

1899). 
c  Light  green    (the  regular  green,  as  used   at 

first;  later  the  color  became  darker). 
d  Proof,  black,  signed  in  pencil,  initialed  and 

dated  by  owner  (No.  i  of  25  copies  pulled  in 

1916). 
e  Proof,  brown,  signed  in  pencil,  initialed  and 

dated  by  owner  (No.  i  of  25  copies  pulled  in 

1916). 
/  Proof,  green,  signed  in  pencil,  initialed  and 

dated  by  owner  (No.  i  of  25  copies  pulled  in 

1916). 
g  Black,  initialed  and  dated  by  owner  (only  25 

copies  pulled  in  1916). 
h  Brown,  initialed  and  dated  by  owner  (only  25 

copies  pulled  in  1916). 
i  Green  (one  of  a  number  of  copies  pulled  in 

191 7  for  use  in  the  Fearing  Collection  in  the 

Harvard  College  Library), 
y  Green,   on   heavy  paper    (one   of  200  copies 

pulled  in  1918  for  the  owner's  use). 

75.  Daniel  B.  Fearing  |  Newport.  R.  L 

A  small  reproduction  of  No.  74,  made  by  Tif- 
fany &  Co.  in  1909.        2%  X  iy2. 

a  Proof,  green,  signed  in  pencil. 

b  Proof,  green,  on  very  heavy  Japan  vellum, 
initialed  and  dated  by  owner  (not  over  10 
copies  pulled  in  1909). 

c  Green,  pulled  in  1909,  initialed  and  dated  by 


19 


AN  EXHIBITION  OF 

d  Proof,   black,   initialed  and   dated  by  owner 

(No.  I  of  25  copies  pulled  in  1916). 
e  Proof,  brown,  initialed  and  dated  by  owner 

(No.  I  of  25  copies  pulled  in  1916). 
/  Proof,   green,   initialed   and   dated   by  owner 

(No.  I  of  25  copies  pulled  in  1916). 
g  Proof,   green,   initialed   and   dated   by  owner 

(No.  I  of  25  copies  pulled  from  defaced  plate 

in  1916). 
h  Black,  initialed  and  dated  by  owner  (one  of 

25  copies  pulled  in  1916). 
i  Brown,  initialed  and  dated  by  owner  (one  of 

25  copies  pulled  in  1916). 
j  Green,  initialed  and  dated  by  owner  (one  of 

25  copies  pulled  in  1916). 
k  Green,  initialed  and  dated  by  owner  (one  of 

25   copies  pulled   from  the   defaced  plate   in 

1916). 
This  plate  was  scored  and  destroyed  in  1916. 

76.  Daniel  B.  Fearing  |  Newport.  R.  I. 

Etching,  signed :  Kirkpatrick  '09.        2^  x  i%6- 
U.  S.  Pictorial.    Three  trout  flies  (a  coachman, 

a  cowdung,  and  a  grizzly  king). 
a  Original  sketch  for  the  plate. 
b  Proof,  signed  in  pencil    (not  over  10  copies 

pulled). 
c  As  used. 
d  Proof,   black,   initialed   and   dated  by  owner 

(No.  I  of  five  copies  pulled  in  1916). 
e  Black,  initialed  and  dated  by  owner  (No.  i  of 

five  copies  pulled  in  1916). 
/  Proof,   green,   initialed   and   dated   by   owner 

(No.  I  of  five  copies  pulled  from  the  defaced 

plate  in  1916). 
g  Green,  initialed  and  dated  by  owner  (No.  i  of 

five  copies  pulled  from  the  defaced  plate  in 

1916). 
This  plate  was  scored  and  destroyed  in  1916. 

20 


ANGLING  BOOK  PLATES 

77.  Dan'l  B.  Fearing. 

Etching,  signed:  A[rpad  G.]  G[erster]. 

3  X  2yi6. 
U.  S.  Pictorial,  ichthyic.    A  black  bass  jumping 

at  a  fly. 
a  Trial  proof,  on  etching  paper,  black,  initialed 

by   artist   and   owner    (No.    i   of   two   copies 

pulled  in  1917). 
b  Proof,   black,   initialed   and   dated   by   owner 

(No.  I  of  six  copies  pulled  in  1917). 
c  Proof,  brown,  initialed  and  dated  by  owner 

(No.  I  of  six  copies  pulled  in  1917). 
d  Proof,  green,   initialed   and   dated  by  owner 

(No.  I  of  six  copies  pulled  in  1917). 
e  Black,  initialed  and  dated  by  owner  (No.  i  of 

15  copies  pulled  in  1917). 
/  Brown,  initialed  and  dated  by  owner  (No.  i 

of  15  copies  pulled  in  1917). 
g  Green,  initialed  and  dated  by  owner   (No.   i 

of  15  copies  pulled  in  1917). 

Accompanied  by  an  explanatory  letter  from  Dr. 
Gerster,  who  drew  and  etched  the  plate  as  a 
gift  to  the  owner  in  March,  1917. 

78.  Harvard  College  Library  |  Gift  of  |  Daniel  B. 
Fearing  |  Class  of  1882- A.  M.  1911  |  .    .    . 

U.  S.    Printed  label.        i%X2y2. 
Made  for  use  in  the  Fearing  Collection  of  An- 
gling Books  presented  to  Harvard  in  1915. 

79.  J.  Fenny 

Engraving  by  C.  Naish,  after  Thomas  Bewick, 
signed:  C  N.  2%6X3i^. 

English.  Pictorial.  A  man  angling.  This  plate 
is  a  copy  of  the  Jno.  Anderson  Jr.  plate  by 
Thomas  Bewick  (see  No,  7). 

21 


AN  EXHIBITION  OF 

Proof  on  thin  paper,  mounted,  presentation  copy, 
signed  in  pencil :  C.  Naish  to  C.  W.  Sherborn 
Esq. 

80.  Ex  Libris  |  C.  E.  Ferry. 

Process.       s^Me  x  2%6. 

English.  Pictorial,  portrait,  ichthyic,  masonic. 
A  disjointed  rod,  reel  and  creel;  a  perch. 

81.  Charles  H.  Ferry. 

Etching  and  aquatint,  signed:  W.  F.  Hopson. 

3%6X2%. 

U.  S.  Pictorial,  ichthyic.  An  open  creel  with 
three  trout;  on  it  rest  rod,  reel  and  line;  on 
table,  a  volume  with  "Walton"  on  front  cover, 
and  date  1905. 

The  plate  was  made  in  1901. 

82.  Ex  Libris  |  Lila  Vanderbilt  Field. 

Etching,   signed  and  dated:    [C]    Mielatz.  '93. 

3i%6X2i%6. 
U.  S.  Armorial,  pictorial,  ichthyic.     Two  large 

and  lusty  trout  swim  in  upper  sinister  corner 

of  the  plate,  denoting  the  owner's  fondness 

for  angling. 
a  Remarque  proof,  signed  in  pencil.        h 

83.  Marshall  Field  Jr. 

Process.        2%  x  2%. 

U.  S.  Armorial,  pictorial.  A  rod,  reel,  line  and 
creel. 

84.  Georg  Fischer  |  Wittlich. 

Process,  signed:  T.  G.        3%X2%. 
German.     Pictorial.     A  boy  carrying  over  his 
shoulder  a  landing-net,  in  which  is  a  large  fish. 

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85.  The  Book  of  |  Edward  |  Fisher 

Engraving,  signed:   LN.T.  Co.        3^X2%. 

English.  Pictorial,  punning,  ichthyic.  Picture 
puns  on  the  name  and  the  kingfisher  bird 
accentuates  it.  A  man  angling;  a  border  of 
various  kinds  of  swimming  fishes. 

86.  Ex  Libris  |  Grace  Birch  Fisher. 

Engraving,  signed  and  dated:  Fred  Thompson, 
sc.  1916.         3%X2%6. 

U.  S.  Pictorial,  punning,  ichthyic.  Picture  plays 
on  the  name  (an  Indian  fisher;  birch  trees; 
drawn  on  birch  bark).  An  Indian  kneeling  at 
edge  of  a  rocky  shore  fishing  with  a  hand  line ; 
beside  him  is  a  basket  of  small  fish ;  rod,  reel, 
line,  landing-net. 

a  Trial  proof,  before  letters. 

b  Remarque  proof,  black,  signed  in  pencil. 

c  Remarque  proof,  brown,  on  French  hand- 
made paper,  signed  in  pencil. 

d 

It  is  a  pity  that  this  charming  plate  should  be  a 
fictitious  one,  made  to  delude  collectors.  As 
far  as  can  be  ascertained,  there  is  no  such 
person  as  Grace  Birch  Fisher.  This  plate  and 
several  others  of  the  same  fictitious  character 
were  made  for  the  person  who  paid  the  artist, 
for  purposes  best  known  to  himself.  They 
were  illustrated  in  The  Book  Plate  Quarterly 
for  December,  1917,  and  were  the  cause  of 
much  unfavorable  comment. 

87.  Lizette  Andrews  Fisher  |  Owneth  This  Book 

Process,   signed   and   dated:    1004  Bfertha]    E. 

S[altmarsh].    3%X2%6. 
U.  S.  Pictorial,  punning,  water-craft.  Two  men 

in  a  boat  fishing;  kingfisher  in  tree.    "In  the 

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AN  EXHIBITION  OF 

English  arms  of  Fisher,  the  kingfisher  is  used 
to  point  the  pun." 
Signed  in  ink. 

88.  Lizette  Andrews  Fisher  |  Owneth  This  Book 

Small  reproduction  of  No.  87.        2%  x  1%. 
Signed  in  ink. 

89.  Rowland  Fisher 

Lithograph,  signed :  H.  S[tacy]  M[arks].  Photo- 
Litho.     Whitman  &  Bass.        2%6  x  i%6- 

English.  Pictorial,  punning,  ichthyic,  water- 
craft.  Picture  puns  on  the  name.  A  Chinese 
lady  with  rod,  line,  baited  hook,  and  sinker 
standing  by  a  fountain  filled  with  gold  fish; 
in  distance,  a  Chinese  junk. 

90.  Fishwick. 

Engraving.        3  x  ii'%6-  See  M :  131. 

English.  Armorial.  Crest:  A  salmon  spear 
arg.,  over  a  salmon  of  the  same.  Arms:  Az., 
a  chevron  arg,,  between  three  salmon,  haurient 
of  the  second,  two,  and  one. 

91.  Percy  Fitzgerald  |  M.  A.  F.  S.  A.  |  Of  Fane 
Valley  Co.  South  |  Ashleigh  Clapham  .  .  . 
[Author,  sculptor  and  angler,  b.  1834]. 

Process,  signed :  [Robert]  Seymour,  Del. 
4x2%. 

English.  Pictorial,  portrait,  ichthyic,  water- 
craft.  At  bottom  of  plate,  "Mr.  Pickwick" 
fishing  in  a  punt.  Dexter  side:  rod,  reel,  line; 
fish  pole  with  fish  on  end  of  line ;  gaff-hook ; 
casting  net.  Sinister  side :  two  rods,  lines, 
artificial  flies,  landing  net. 

a  Printed  in  blue.        b  Printed  in  mauve. 

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An  adaptation  of  Seymour's  design  for  the 
wrapper  of  "Pickwick  Papers,"  1836. 

92.  Ex  Libris  |  Max  C.  Fleischmann 

Engraving,  signed  and  dated:  A.  N.  M[acdon- 
ald]  1908.        21^6X1%. 

U.  S.  Pictorial,  ichthyic,  water-craft.  A  rod  butt 
and  reel ;  a  landing  net ;  two  conventional  dol- 
phins ;  a  schooner  yacht. 

93.  Flyfishers'  |  Club  |  Library.    [London, 
founded  in  1884]. 

Etching.        sVs  x  2%. 

English.  Pictorial.  An  open  creel  filled  with 
books ;  the  motto :  "Piscator  non  solum  pisca- 
tur";  the  whole  surroimded  by  a  gracefully 
formed  shield  of  two  leaders  with  the  flies  at 
top,  the  loops  at  bottom. 

94.  Theological  Library   |   Diocese  of  Fond  du 

Lac  I  In  Care  of  |  Sisters  of  the  Holy  Nativity. 

Printed  label.        ^^Ae  x  sVs- 

U.  S.  Pictorial.    A  small  boat,  sail  furled,  with 

two   men,    presumably   two    of    the   Apostles 

hauling  a  net. 
This  plate  was  made  for  the  late  Bishop  Charles 

C.  Grafton  of  Fond  du  Lac,  Wisconsin. 

95.  T.  Henry  Foster  |  Ex  |  Libris 

Process,  signed  and  dated:  C.  E.  Chambers  '07. 
3x2. 

U.  S.  Armorial,  pictorial,  ichthyic,  water-craft. 
Two  rods,  reels  and  lines ;  two  conventional 
dolphins;  a  canoe. 

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AN  EXHIBITION  OF 

96.  Ex  Libris  ]  Frederick  O.  Foxcroft 

Process,  signed:   Hogeboom.        4^%«X3- 
U.  S.  Pictorial.    An  angler,  pipe  in  mouth,  read- 
ing a  book  under  a  tree,  his  fish  pole  propped 
beside  him.    A  board  nailed  to  tree,  with  in- 
scription, "Good  fishin  in  This  Library."    Be- 
"^  low,  motto:  "Catch  as  many  fish  as  you  like 

but  throw  'em  back." 
This  is  the  same  as  the  Horton,  Pitkin,  Reagan, 
Ryno  and  Schnure  plates.    It  is  a  stock  plate. 

97.  F[rancis]  F[rancis].     [Author  and  angler.] 

Process,  presumably  sketched  by  owner. 

2^4X2. 

English,  Pictorial,  ichthyic.  A  salmon  hanging 
by  tail  and  gills  from  an  ornamental  knot 
formed  by  the  cord  which  holds  him. 

98.  Lucy  I  Frost. 

Etching.        4x4. 

English.  Pictorial,  A  Neapolitan  fisher  boy 
with  long  pole,  line  and  float.  Inscribed,  in 
contemporary  handwriting,  "To  Anne  Eliza- 
beth.   Dec.  12.  1856." 

99.  Ex  Libris  |  Walter  D.  |  Frothingham 

Process,  signed:  Edwin  R.  Schwabacher. 
3%xi7^. 

U.  S.  Armorial,  pictorial.    A  rod,  reel  and  line. 

Signed  in  pencil. 

100.  Aus  der  Bticherei  |  von  [  Adolph  Geering  in 
Basel. 
Process.        2%  x  2^.  See  M :  p.  130. 

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Swiss.  Armorial,  pictorial.  A  salmon  spear  im- 
paling a  salmon. 

101.  Ex  Libris  |  Arpad  G.  Gerster 

Etching,  by  Leroy  M.  Yale.        3%  x  2%6- 

U.  S.  Pictorial.  A  book  of  flies;  an  angling 
stream ;  a  leader  box. 

a  Autographed  proof,  black. 

b  Autographed  proof,  brown. 

c  Autographed  proof,  green. 

d  Autographed,  black. 

e  Autographed,  brown. 

/  Autographed,  green. 

Only  twelve  copies  of  the  proof  in  black  and  six 
of  each  of  the  others  (a  total  of  twenty-four 
proofs  and  eighteen  prints)  were  pulled  in 
December,  1916,  from  the  unfinished  plate 
which  was  never  completed  nor  used. 

This  and  the  following  plate  were  drawn  and 
etched  by  Dr.  Leroy  M.  Yale  as  a  present  for 
his  friend  and  angling  companion.  Dr.  Gerster. 
There  was  a  third  plate  which,  unfortunately, 
has  been  lost.    None  were  ever  used. 

102.  Ex  Libris  |  Casae  |  Gersteri 

Etching,  by  Leroy  M.  Yale.        3%  x  2^. 

U.  S.  Pictorial,  ichthyic.    A  salmon  fly  in  centre 

of  a  coiled  trout  leader,  and  three  flies;  two 

rising  trout. 
Autographed  proof. 
Not  more  than  three  of  these  proofs,  and  no 

ordinary  plates  were  pulled.     The  plate  was 

never  used  (see  No.  loi). 

103.  George  L.  Gilmore  |  His  Book 

Process,  signed  and  dated:  1900  B[ertha]  E. 
S[altmarsh].        2%X2%. 

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AN  EXHIBITION  OF 

U.  S.  Pictorial,  ichthyic,  water-craft.  Lines, 
leaders,  artificial  flies,  two  creels,  and  hooks; 
conventional  fish;  a  canoe. 

a  Signed  in  ink.        b  Autographed. 

104.  This  Book  Belongs  to  j  The  Library  of 
Glenburnie  Inn  |  Presented  by. 

Process,  designed  by  Mrs,  W.  O.  Robb. 

4%X3. 
U.  S.  Pictorial,  ichthyic,  water-craft.    A  vignette 

of  underwater  scene,  showing  several  fish,  one 

of  which  is  about  to  swallow  a  baited  hook; 

a  net ;  a  row  of  twelve  rowboats. 
Printed  in  brown. 

105.  Townend  Glover  |  London. 

Pen  and  ink  drawing,  by  owner,  signed,  and 
dated  1846.        i%xiiyi6. 

English.  Pictorial,  ichthyic.  A  rod,  reel,  line, 
creel  and  landing  net;  a  flying  fish,  a  pile  of 
mixed  fish. 

Mr.  Glover  was  in  the  habit  of  drawing  his  own 
book-plate  in  each  of  his  books;  these  draw- 
ings are  very  scarce.  The  design  was  taken 
by  Henry  Blackwell  of  New  York  for  his  own 
use  in  1894  (see  No.  20). 

106.  Edmund  John  Glynn. 

Engraving.        3^6  x  2%.  M :  p.  130. 

English  (Cornwall).  Armorial.  Arms:  ist.,  & 
4th,  Arg.,  three  salmon  spears,  sa.,  two,  and 
one. 

"The  store  of  salmon  which  this  river  [the 
Fowey]  affordeth  caused  his  ancestor  to  take 
the  fishing-spears  for  arms."  Survey  of  Corn- 
wall, 1602. 

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107.  H.  R.  Glynn. 

Engraving.        2%  x  2%.  M  :  p.  130. 

English  (Cornwall).  Armorial.  Arms:  Same 
as  in  No.  106. 

108.  John  Glynn. 

Engraving.        2%  X  i^Ke-  M :  p.  130. 

English  (Cornwall).  Armorial.  Arms:  A  chev- 
ron sa.,  between  three  salmon  spears  sa.,  two, 
and  one. 

109.  Ex  Libris  |  Julius  |  Goldstone 

Process,  designed  by  Hugh  M.  Eaton. 

3%X2%. 
U.  S.  Pictorial.    A  rod,  reel,  line,  leader,  and  fly ; 
a  creel.    Motto : 
"O  the  gallant  fisher's  life 

It  is  the  best  of  any. 
'Tis  full  of  pleasure,  void  of  strife 
And  'tis  beloved  of  many." 
a  Signed  in  ink.        b  Autographed. 

110.  T[homas]  Gosden.    [Sporting  publisher, 
bookbinder  and  print-seller,  1780- 1840.] 

Engraving,  signed :  J.  Scott,  del  et  sculp. 

2^6X3^6. 
English.     Pictorial,  ichthyic.     A  rod,  line  with 

hook  and  sinkers  for  bottom  fishing,  a  creel, 

a  flask ;  two  coarse  fish. 
a  Proof,  on  plate  paper.        b 

111.  T[homas]  Gosden. 

Engraving,  signed :  J.  Scott,  del  &  so.        3%  x  3. 
English.     Pictorial.     A  trophy  of  sporting  im- 
plements, amongst  which  is  a  landing  net. 

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AN  EXHIBITION  OF 

112.  The  I  Sportsman's  Repository.  |  Tho«.  Gos- 
den,  I  Book  Binder  |  Publisher  &  Print- 
seller  I  .  .  . 

Engraving,  designed  by  J.  Scott.        21^6X3%. 

English.  Pictorial,  ichthyic.  A  trade  card. 
Gosden's  book-plate  was  either  taken  from 
this  card,  or  the  book-plate  was  used  as  the 
centre  piece  of  the  trade  card. 

113.  Robert  |  Couper  |  Green  |  Hys  Boke. 

Engraving,  signed:  Marcus  Ward  &  Co.  Ltd. 

'97.        4y4X3%6. 
English.    Pictorial,  ichthyic.    A  parson  angling; 

a  rod,  reel,  line,  gaff  and  landing  net;  three 

shells  and  a  beetle;  a  trout,  a  grayling,  and  a 

pike  intertwined. 

114.  Henry  Jewett  Greene  |  His  Book 

Process,  designed  by  the  Howard-Wesson  Co. 
31/4X1%. 

U.  S.  Pictorial,  ichthyic.  From  a  photograph  of 
the  owner's  favorite  trout  stream,  showing 
two  anglers.  "A  quotation  from  Henry  Van 
Dyke,  with  no  credit,  not  even  a  quotation 
mark!"     Two  conventional  dolphins. 

Printed  on  yellow  paper. 

115.  David  Stoddard  |  Greenough  V  |  Ex  Libris 

Process,  signed  and  dated  [F.  G.]  H[all].   1916. 

4%X3%6. 
U.  S.  Armorial,  pictorial,  water-craft.    Bamboo 

fish  pole;  a  rod  butt;  creel  and  strap,  landing 

net;  "little  brown  jug";  mast  and  rigging  of 

a  square  rigger. 
a  Signed  in  pencil.        h  Autographed. 

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116.  John  W.  I  Griggs  |  His  |  Book  [Goveraor  of 
New  Jersey,  1896-8;  Attorney  General  of 
the  United  States,  1898-1901]. 

Process,   signed   and   dated:    A[rthur]    J[acob- 

son].     1904.        5%X4. 
U.  S.  Pictorial.     A  man  in  eighteenth  century 

costume,   angling,    sits   asleep   under   a   large 

tree,  rod  in  hand,  line  in  stream ;  beside  him  a 

creel  and  an  open  book. 
Printed  in  colors. 

117.  John  W.  !  Griggs  |  His  |  Book. 

Small  reproduction  of  No.  116.        2%X2. 
Printed  in  colors. 

118.  The  Grolier  Club  (New  York). 

Admission  card  to  an  Exhibition  of  Angling 
Books,  Book-Plates,  Manuscripts,  Prints, 
Medals,  etc.;   December,    1911-January,   1912. 

Selected  from  the  collection  of  Daniel  B.  Fearing. 

119.  Major  Grylls. 

Etching.        3%  X  a^e-  M :  pp.  130, 131, 220. 

Welsh.     Armorial.      Salmon    spears;    escallop; 

pheon.     Arms:  3d,  arg.,  three  salmon  spears 

sa.,  two,  and  one. 
Proof,  on  cream  colored  paper,  with  mistake  in 

the  motto,  "Pag,"  which  was  corrected  in  a 

later  state. 

120.  Reginald  Gumey  |  Ex  Libris 

Etching,  signed  and  dated:  M.  C.  Monk  Sculp. 
1902.        5%  X  414.  See  M :  p.  104. 

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AN  EXHIBITION  OF 

English.  Armorial,  pictorial,  punning,  ichthyic. 
Crest  plains  on  the  name,  Gurney  =  Gurnard. 
Through  a  window  a  man  is  seen  angling  in 
a  distant  stream.  Crest :  a  gurnard  erect  upon 
a  chapeau;  two  conventional  dolphins. 

Printed  in  brown.  It  seems  probable  that  this 
plate  comes  in  a  smaller  size. 


121.  Alfred  Harmsworth 

Engraving,  signed  and  dated:  Inv.  W.  P.  B[ar- 
rett].    1903.        4x3. 

English.  Pictorial,  portrait,  ichthyic.  At  top  of 
plate :  a  rod,  reel,  line,  creel  and  landing  net ; 
four  trout.  Dexter  side:  rod,  reel,  line,  tin 
leader  box,  landing  net,  creel  and  two  coarse 
fish.  Sinister  side :  gaff-hook,  two  coarse  fish. 
Bottom  of  plate:  "The  Pickering  Edition"  of 
Walton,  London,  1836,  with  portrait  of  Izaak 
Walton  facing  title. 

a  Proof,  on  white  paper. 

h 

c  With  name-tablet  widened  and  name  changed 
to  "Alfred  Charles  William  1  Baron  North- 
cliffe";  without  printed  signature  of  artist. 


122.  George  Henry  Haydon,  |  over  agaynst  Bed- 
lam, I  (atte  ye  Manciples  House)  |  neare-bye 
ye  Old  Windmille  in  |  St.  George  hys  ffields. 
Southwarke.    [d.  1891.] 

Process,  signed  and  dated :  S.  H.  H.  1876. 

S^%6X3%6. 
English.     Armorial,   pictorial.     A    suppositious 

facsimile  autograph  letter  of  the  good  Izaak 

Walton,  with  arms  in  corner. 
Printed  in  brown. 

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ANGLING  BOOK  PLATES 

"Mr.  Haydon  .  .  .  was  for  many  years  the 
Steward  of  Bethlem  Hospital,  an  enthusiastic 
angler,  and  beloved  by  all  who  knew  him." 
Hamilton.    Dated  Book-plates. 

123.  Dit  Book  |  Htirt  |  Walther  Hecht. 

Lithograph,  signed :   H.  Teichen.        2%  x  ii%6- 

Dutch.      Pictorial,    punning,    ichthyic.      Picture 

plays  on  the  name.     A  pike's  head  emerging 

from  a  pond  (Hecht  is  the  German  word  for 

pike). 

124.  Ex  Libris  |  John  Gerard  Heckscher 

Engraving,  signed  and  dated:  Tiffany  &  Co. 
1899.        2I/8X1IH6. 

U.  S.  Pictorial,  ichthyic.  A  leaping  tarpon  in 
centre.  Dexter  side:  a  tarpon  rod,  reel  and 
line.  On  edge  in  corner,  Walton's  "Compleat 
Angler,"  1653,  and  an  open  copy  of  the  *'Ich- 
thyologia  Ohiensis"  of  Rafinesque,  1820. 

a  Proof,  on  vellum,  signed  in  pencil  (No.  3  of 
12  copies). 

b 

125.  Ex  Libris  |  John  Gerard  Heckscher 

Engraving,  signed  in  cypher  and  dated :  E.  D. 
F[rench].    1902        3x2.  B:2io. 

U.  S.  Armorial,  pictorial,  ichthyic.  Centre 
panel :  a  leaping  tarpon  attached  to  a  line 
running  from  a  rod  and  reel  in  lower  corner. 
Below:  Walton's  "Compleat  Angler,"  1653, 
Rafinesque's  ''Ichthyologia  Ohiensis,"  1820, 
and  other  books. 

a  Proof,  on  plate  paper,  signed  in  pencil.    Sec- 
ond state,  with  two  palm  trees. 
b  Second  state. 

33 


AN  EXHIBITION  OF 

In  the  first  state,  there  is  said  to  be  but  one  palm 
tree;  in  the  third,  the  mouth  of  the  tarpon  is 
closed. 

126.  John  Higginbotham,  |  Fishing-Rod-Maker. 

Printed  trade  card,  with  large  fish  engraved  at 

top.        4%  X  2%. 
This  old  trade  card  was  used  as  a  book  label, 

and  was  removed   from  an  early  edition  of 

Best's  "Art  of  Angling"  the  first  edition  of 

which  appeared  in  1787. 

127.  Harry  Mortimer  Higinbotham 

Process,  designed  by  William  Schmedtgen. 

3%X2y2. 

U.  S.  Pictorial,  water-craft.  A  rod,  reel,  line, 
landing  net  and  creel ;  a  schooner. 

128.  D.  A.  Holdsworth  |  South  Gosforth. 

Wood,  after  Thomas  Bewick.        2x3%. 
English.    Pictorial.    This  is  a  copy  of  the  Cotes 
plate  by  Bewick  (see  No.  50). 

129.  Ex  Libris  |  William  Post  Holliday 

Process.        3i%6  x  3- 

U.  S.  Armorial,  pictorial,  portrait.    A  rod,  reel, 

line,  float,  hook  and  creel. 
Printed  in  brown. 

130.  James  C.  Hook 

Etching,  designed  by  owner,  signed  and  dated: 

JCH90.        2^6X3^6. 
English.      Pictorial,   punning,    ichthyic.     Three 

small  fish  at  base  of  plate ;  monogram  J.  C.  H. 

formed  of  three  fish-hooks. 

34 


ANGLING  BOOK  PLATES 

131.  Ex  Libris  |  W.  F.  Hopson  |  1909.     [Angler, 
artist  and  engraver,  b.  1849.] 

Engraving,  designed  by  owner,  signed:  W.  F. 
Hopson.        1%  X  2. 

U.  S.  Pictorial,  portrait,  ichthyic.  Fish-pole, 
line,  float;  creel  with  one  fish  and  a  flask  of 
bait  in  it;  a  fish  alongside  creel.  (From  a 
photograph,  showing  the  house  in  which  Mr. 
Hopson  was  born.) 

a  Proof,  signed  in  pencil.        b 

132.  Ex  Libris  |  Edward  A.  Horton 

Process,  signed:  Hogeboom.        3%^2%- 
U.  S.  Pictorial.    This  is  a  stock  plate;  for  de- 
scription, see  Foxcroft,  No.  96. 
Autographed. 

133.  Ex  Libris  |  Frank  G.  House 

Engraving,    designed    by    owner,    signed    and 
dated:  Inv.  F[rank]  G.  H[ouse]  1907. 
3%X2%6. 

English.  Pictorial,  water-craft.  A  rod,  reel, 
line,  gaff-hook,  landing  net  and  creel. 

a  With  "Ex  Libris  |  Herbert  W.  Plews." 

b  As  described. 

This  plate  was  originally  made  for  Herbert  W. 
Plews,  but  after  a  very  few  copies  had  been 
struck  off,  it  was  taken  by  the  artist  for  him- 
self. 

134.  From  the  Books  |  of  |  John  Ireland  Howe 

Process,  signed:  E[mma]  K.  H[ess]. 

3%X2^- 

U.  S.  Pictorial,  ichthyic.  Two  rods,  reels  and 
lines,  the  ends  of  which  end  in  a  cleverly  de- 

35 


AN  EXHIBITION  OF 

signed  tangle  of  ten  separate  lines  with  a  fish 
at  the  end  of  each;  two  fine  bait  frogs  gaze 
admiringly  at  an  enormous  fat  frog. 
With  signature  of  owner  inlaid. 

135.  Ex  Libris  |  L.  B.  Howe 

Process,  signed:  Ames  &  Rollinson. 

3%6X2%. 

U.  S.  Pictorial,  portrait.     The  owner  casting  a 

fly  in  a  shady  pool. 
Printed  in  brown,  autographed. 

136.  Ex  Libris  |  Howland  |  A.  D.  1894.   [Charles 
R.  Rowland.] 

Engraving,  designed  by  the  owner,  engraved  by 
the  Gorham  Co.        3%6X3^%6. 

U.  S.  Armorial,  pictorial,  ichthyic.  A  rod,  reel, 
line,  leader  and  three  flies ;  landing  net,  creel, 
flask  of  liquid  "bait";  fishing  hat  wound  with 
spare  leaders ;  two  salmon.  Motto :  "Piscator 
non  solum  piscatur." 

a  Printed  in  black. 

b  Printed  in  green. 

c  Printed  in  sepia. 

137.  Colin  I  M  |  Ingersoll  |  Jr. 

Etching,  by  W.  F.  Hopson.    2  x  ii%6. 

U.  S.  Armorial,  pictorial,  ichthyic.     Two  rods, 

reels  and  lines;  a  fish. 
a  Proof,  initialed  in  pencil  by  artist. 
b 

138.  Ex-Libris  |  Edward  Ingraham. 

Engraving,  signed  and  dated :  W.  F.  Hopson, 
1918.        3y2Xi%. 

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ANGLING  BOOK  PLATES 

U.  S.  Armorial,  pictorial,  ichthyic.     A  rod,  reel 

and  fly-book ;  two  trout  rising  to  two  flies. 
a  Proof,  signed  in  pencil.        h 

139.  Henry  Stuart  |  Maclean  Jack  |  His  Book  A°. 
D"'.  I  MDCCCCVIII. 

Engraving,  signed:  F.  G.  H[ouse].  Inv.  G.  W. 
E[ve]  Sc.        2y4X2%6.  V:i35. 

English.  Armorial,  pictorial,  punning,  ichthyic. 
Picture  plays  on  the  name.  A  school  of  five 
pike,  or  "jack";  a  book  of  eyed  flies. 

140.  Bibliotheca  |  Jacksoniana  |  Tullie  House 
Carlisle. 

Process,  signed:  J.  F[orbes]-N[ixon]. 

27/i6  X  11^6. 

English.  Armorial,  punning.  Crest,  arms  and 
motto,  all  play  on  Jackson.  Crest :  A  luce 
fesswise  across  a  sun  in  its  glory.  Arms :  In 
chief,  a  sun  in  its  glory,  in  base  a  luce  naiant 
Motto :  "Lux  lucis,  Apollo  jactat  lucem." 

This  plate  comes  also  in  a  larger  size. 

141.  Harry  |  Arthur  James  |  ei  lyfr  [his  book]. 

Process,  signed:  J.  T.  W.        3^%6X3. 

Welsh.    Pictorial.    A  disjointed  rod,  landing  net 

and  creel.    Motto :  "Pawb  yn  ei  arfau"  [Every 

one  to  his  taste]. 
a  Black,  on  cream-colored  paper. 
h  Rose,  on  white  paper. 

142.  Johannes  Janes,  |  Londinensis. 

Engraving.        3%  x  2i%6.  See  M :  p.  220. 

English.    Armorial,  pictorial.    A  vignette  of  an 

angler;  escallop, 
a  Proof,  first  state,  without  motto. 

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AN  EXHIBITION  OF 

b  Second  state,  with  motto,  and  lettering 
changed  to  "Johannes  Janes,  |  (Interioris 
Templi  Socius)  |  Londini." 

143.  James  W.  Johnson  |  Ex-Libris. 

Process,  signed:  Dan  Beard.        4X2IM.6. 

U.  S.  Pictorial,  ichthyic.     A  trout  fast  on  end 

of  a  line,  two  others  playing  about  him. 
a  Brown,  signed  and  dated  1916  in  ink. 
b  Brown,  autographed. 

144.  Ex-Libris  |  J.  Herbert  Johnston. 

Engraving,  signed  and  dated:  W.  Hopson,  1903. 
3%6X3%. 

U.  S.  Armorial,  pictorial,  ichthyic.  A  man  wad- 
ing and  angling;  two  rods,  reels,  creels,  gaff- 
hook,  landing-net  and  lines  hanging  from  a 
hook  in  a  hopeless  tangle,  under  the  motto, 
"Nunquam  non  paratus" ;  the  whole  in  a  frame 
with  four  trout  at  each  side. 

a  Trial  proof,  showing  only  centre  panel,  ini- 
tialed with  pencil  by  artist. 

b  Proof,  sepia,  autographed. 

c  Printed  in  black. 

d  Printed  in  sepia,  autographed. 

The  centre  panel  was  photographed  on  the  cop- 
per plate  and  engraved  by  the  artist  in  exact 
facsimile  of  the  work  of  Thomas  Bewick. 

145.  Ex-Libris  |  David  |  [a  star-fish,  signifying  the 
middle  name,  Starr]  |  Jordan. 

Process,  signed :  A.  L.  Kocher.        4M:  x  2%. 

U.  S.  Pictorial,  punning,  ichthyic.  Star-fish  for 
Starr;  two  imaginary,  fierce  dolphins.  Motto: 
"All  is  fish  that  comes  to  my  net." 

a  Black,  on  white  paper,  autographed. 

b  Brown,  on  mottled  paper,  signed  in  ink. 

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ANGLING  BOOK  PLATES 

146.  Ex  Libris  |  C.  D.  Joslyn. 

Process,  signed:  E[lizabeth]   C[olbome]. 

4x2%. 
U.  S.  Armorial,  pictorial,  water-craft.     A  rod 

and  reel;  a  sloop  yacht  under  sail. 

147.  Ex  Libris  |  Katharine  Keep. 

Process,  signed:  Katharine  Merrill,        2%X2. 

U.  S.  Pictorial.  A  woman  standing  by  the  sea- 
shore; border  of  plate  formed  by  a  seine,  the 
cork  line  forming  the  inner  edges. 

Printed  in  brown,  signed  in  ink. 

148.  Olindus  |  F.  |  Kendall  |  His  Book 

Process,  signed:  H[enriette]  K[ahn]. 
3%6X2y4. 

U.  S.  Pictorial,  ichthyic,  water-craft.  A  rod 
and  reel;  the  rod  at  top  breaks  into  two  tips, 
with  lines  and  fly  hooks  around  which  curve 
two  conventional  trout.  Two  small  fish  flank 
the  F  in  the  owner's  name;  a  creel  hangs  on 
rod. 

a  Signed  in  ink.        h  Autographed. 

149.  E  Libris  |  Jacobi  Kendrick,  M.D.  |  De  War- 
rington. [Writer  on  Warrington  antiquities ; 
1809-1882.] 

Lithograph,    signed    and    dated:    J.    Kendrick, 
direxit  1853.    H.  J.  Bellars,  des  et  fee. 
4y8X3%. 

English.  Pictorial,  water-craft.  A  vignette  of 
river  scene,  men  drawing  a  seine;  a  vignette 
of  an  angler  on  a  river  bank;  a  wherry,  a 

39 


AN  EXHIBITION  OF 

Trent  "keel,"  and  tender;  two  seine  boats,  a 

rowboat. 
a  As  described. 
b  With   inscription   changed   for  use   in  books 

presented   to   the   Warrington   Free   Museum 

and  Library  by  Dr.  Kendrick.     The  plate  is 

also  found  dated  1880. 


150.  Ex  Libris  |  Kossuth  |  Kent  |  Kennan 

Process.        3X2. 

U.  S.  Armorial,  pictorial.    A  creel. 

151.  Ex  Libris  |  G.  Kinsey. 

Process.        4  x  2%6. 

U.  S.  Pictorial.    A  casting  rod. 

On  buff  paper. 


152.  Charles  Kirby 

Printed  trade  card,  dated :  Oct.  25,  1766. 

3%X4y4. 

English.    "To  all  Lovers  of  Angling  .  .  ." 
This  trade  card  was  used  as  a  book  label. 


153.  Ex  Musicis  |  G[abrielle]  K[lein]. 
Process,  signed  Ffranz  von]  Bayros. 

3^^6X2%. 

Hungarian.  Pictorial,  ichthyic.  Remarque,  in 
colors,  shows  a  miniature  angler,  whose  hook 
a  large  fish  is  approaching. 

Remarque  proof. 

40 


ANGLING  BOOK  PLATES 

154.  Ex-Libris  |  Maurice  |  Kufferath. 

Process,  signed:  G.  M.  Stevens.        4%X2%. 
Belgian.   Pictorial.  A  rod,  butt  stuck  in  ground, 

bending  to  the  pull  of  a  fish  whose  whirl  is 

seen  at  bottom  of  plate. 
On  India  paper. 

155.  Ex  Libris  |  Irma  Kuhnemann 

Process,  designed  by  Kindling,  Budapest,  1909. 
4iH6X3%6. 

Hungarian.  Pictorial.  A  barefoot  urchin  fish- 
ing for  a  duck  with  a  small  sapling  for  a 
pole,  his  line  baited  with  a  live  frog. 

156.  William  |  Palmer  Ladd 

Process,  signed:  M[argaret]  E[ly]  W[ebb]. 

iy8Xl%6. 

U.  S.  Pictorial,  punning,  ichthyic.  A  wee,  bare- 
foot lad  with  two  fish  on  a  stick  and  a  basket 
of  clams. 

Printed  in  black  and  pale  blue;  initialed  in  ink 
by  artist. 

Katharina  Langenstein,  see  No.  262. 

157.  Ex  Libris  |  Th^ger  Larsen 

Process,  signed:  Ebbe  Kornerup  fecit. 

3y2X2K6. 

Danish.  Pictorial,  ichthyic,  water-craft.  Two 
nude  men  astride  the  bulwarks  of  a  vessel, 
fishing  with  hand  lines ;  below :  owner's  name, 
in  water  in  which  are  sea  shells  and  sea 
weeds,  and  in  which  swim  five  fish,  and  an 
eel;  the  midships  of  a  fishing  vessel,  a  two- 
funneled  channel  steamer. 

41 


AN  EXHIBITION  OF 

158.  [Thomas  A.  Lawton,  Newport,  R.  I.] 

Etching,  by  Dr.  H.  C.  Eno.        2%  x  3%. 

U.  S.  Pictorial.    A  barefoot  boy  fishing  with  a 

rough  pole;  legend,  "Little  Isaac  Walton." 
The  plate  was  drawn  and  etched  by  Dr.  Eno  for 

Mr.  Lawton,  as  a  suggestion  for  a  book-plate. 

It  was  used  as  a  place-card  at  a  dinner  given 

by  Dr.  Eno.    This  copy  is  probably  unique. 

159.  Ex  Libris  |  de  Layre. 

Engraving.        2%  x  2%6. 

French.  Armorial,  pictorial.  Arms:  Arg.,  a 
fish  gules,  entering  a  fishweel  or  pot  sable,  be- 
tween three  roses  slipped,  gules,  two,  and  one. 

160.  Collection  of  Book  Plate  |  Literature  |  Carl 
Heinrich  Litzelmann. 

Etching,  by  Louis  K.  Harlow.        2%X3%6. 
U.  S.  Pictorial,  water-craft.     An  angler  fishing 

from  a  moving  canal  boat;  a  second  canal 

boat. 
Printed  in  green. 

161.  Ex  I  Libris  |  C.  F.  Lose 

Process,  designed  by  L.  Frolich.     Dated:  1915. 

21^6X115^6. 

Danish.  Pictorial,  ichthyic.  A  man  seated  on 
the  parapet  of  a  bridge,  reading  a  book,  for- 
getful of  his  rod  which  leans  against  the 
bridge  behind  him,  while  a  hooked  fish  leaps 
unheeded  in  the  stream  below,  and  a  man  on 
the  bank  shouts  in  vain  to  draw  his  attention. 

This  plate  is  a  palpable  copy  of  the  plate  of 
Charles  Walton,  by  T.  Spicer-Simpson,  1898 
(see  No.  288). 

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ANGLING  BOOK  PLATES 

162.  His  Book  |  C.  K.  Lush 

Process,   planned   by   owner,   and   designed  by 

Mark  Forrest.        2^^q  x  2%. 
U.  S.  Pictorial,  ichthyic.     A  small  bass  at  the 

end  of  a  line  from  a  quill  pen,  used  as  a  rod. 
Autographed. 

163.  Arthur  N.  Macdonald.  [Designer  and  en- 
graver of  book-plates,  title-pages,  etc.] 

Etching,  by  owner,  signed:   A.  N.  Macdonald 

East  Orange,  N.  J.        2%  x  2%- 
U.  S.  Pictorial.    Remarque  shows  rod,  reel,  line, 

fly  hook  and  creel. 
a  Original  trial  sketch  for  the  plate,  unfinished. 

This  sketch  shows  a  man  fishing  from  a  boat, 

omitted  in  the  final  plate. 
b  Remarque  proof,  signed  in  penciL 

164.  Frank  Mann. 

Etching,  signed:  S.  Hollyer.        3%X2%6- 

U.  S.  Pictorial,  water-craft.    A  man  fishing  with 

a  rod  and  line  from  the  end  of  a  dock;  three 

row-boats. 
Proof,  signed  in  pencil. 

165.  Ex  Libris  |  Ernest  S.  Marks. 

Process.        3%  x  2%6. 

Australian.     Pictorial.     A   rod,   reel,  line  and 
creel. 

166.  R.  B.  Marston  |  Editor,  "Fishing  Gazette," 
Hon.  Treasurer,  "Fly  Fishers'  Club,"  |  Editor 
of  the  100*^*  Edition  of  "The  Compleat 
Angler." 

43 


AN  EXHIBITION  OF 

Reproduction  of  old  woodcut.        i%X2'%. 
English.     Pictorial,  ichthyic.     A  fine  and  lusty 
trout. 

167.  Ex  Libris  Caroli  Elkin  Mathews. 

Etching,  signed  and  dated:  A[rthur]   R[obert- 

son].    89.        3y4X2%. 
English.     Pictorial,  ichthyic.     A  cupid  angling; 

a  copy  of  "The  Compleat  Angler" ;,  a  fat  trout. 

Motto:  "He  that  likes  not  the  book,  should 

like  the  excellent  picture  of  the  trout." 
a  Autographed   proof.        b  Autographed. 

168.  Ex  Libris  Caroli  Elkin  Mathews. 

Small  reproduction  of  No.  167.        2%  x  1%. 
Autographed. 

169.  Ex  Libris  |  F.  R.  Mattern. 

Etching,  signed:  L.  K.  H[arlow].        i^HeXS^. 
U.  S.  Pictorial,  water-craft.    An  angler  fishing 
from  an  anchored  punt. 

170.  Dermot  Earl  of  |  Mayo.  |  1888. 

Etching,    designed    by   Geraldine,    Countess   of 

Mayo.        iM  X  ^He- 
Irish,    Pictorial,  water-craft.    An  angler  in  i8th 

century  costume,  seated  under  a  shady  tree, 

intent  upon  his  sport. 
The  smallest  book-plate  in  the  collection. 

171.  Louis  S.  and  Netta  K.  |  Michelson  |  Their 

Book 

Process,  signed:  Edwin  R.  Schwabacher. 
4  X  2%6. 

44 


ANGLING  BOOK  PLATES 

U.  S.  Pictorial,  ichthyic.     Two  rods,  reels  and 

lines ;  a  mounted  fish. 
Signed  in  pencil. 

172.  Ex  Libris  |  William  C.  Mills 

Process,  designed  by  Thomas  E.  French,  and 
executed  by  his  pupil,  signed  and  dated :  Jane 
Armstrong  Shepard,  1913.        4%X2^2. 

U.  S.  Pictorial.  Bone  fish-hooks  and  sinkers 
showing  the  different  stages  in  the  making  of 
a  bone  fish-hook  by  the  prehistoric  mound 
builders  of  Ohio. 

a  Signed  in  pencil  by  Mr.  French  and  accom- 
panied by  explanatory  letter  from  him. 

b  Autographed. 

This  may  be  termed  the  cornerstone  of  angling 
plates. 


173.  Ex  Libris  |  William  C.  Mills 

Etching,  signed:  T.  E.  F[rench]  Del.  A.  N. 
M[acdonald]  Sc.        4%X2l4. 

U.  S.  Pictorial.  The  same  general  design  as 
No.  172. 

a  Remarque  proof,  on  India  paper  (one  of  12 
copies)  signed  in  pencil  by  designer  and  en- 
graver, 

b  Autographed. 

174.  Ex  Libris  |  Abel  Mace  Moore 

Etching,  designed  by  Fred  Thompson;  dated: 

1905.        3%6  X  2%. 
U.   S.   Pictorial,  water-craft.     A  rod,  reel  and 

line ;  a  dahabieh. 
On  cream  paper,  signed  in  ink. 

45 


AN  EXHIBITION  OF 

175.  Lawrence  |  Mott  |  Ex  Libris. 

Process,  signed:   [F.  G.]  H[all].        4x2%. 
U.  S.  Pictorial,  ichthyic.    A  hooked  trout  leap- 
ing in  a  rocky  stream. 
Signed  in  ink. 

176.  Alexander  M.  Munro. 

Process.        3%  x  2%. 

English.    Pictorial,  armorial,  ichthyic.    A  cupid 

angling;  a  fat  trout. 
This  seems  to  be  a  copy  of  the  C.  E.  Mathews 

plate  (see  No.  167). 

177.  Ex-Libris  |  John  Murphy 

Etching  and  aquatint,  signed:  W.  F.  H[opson]. 

3%6X2iM6. 
U.  S.  Pictorial,  water-craft.     Quotation:  "Nor 

did  he  forget  his  inate  pleasure  of  Angling, 

which  he  would  usually  call,  his  idle  time  not 

idly  spent";  a  sloop  becalmed. 
Unfinished  trial  proof,  signed  in  pencil. 

178.  Nathaniel  |  Gushing  Nash 

Process,  designed  by  Alice  Stone.        4^2%. 

U.  S.  Pictorial,  ichthyic.  The  frame  of  the  plate 
shows  a  procession  of  trout,  signifying  the 
angling  proclivities  of  the  owner. 

Signed  in  ink. 

179.  Ja^  Neild. 

Wood,  in  manner  of  Thomas  Bewick.        3  x  2%. 

English.  Armorial,  pictorial,  ichthyic.  An  an- 
gler, in  i8th  century  costume,  raises  a  fish 
from  a  stream.    The  arms  bear  a  fish,  naiant. 

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ANGLING  BOOK  PLATES 

180.  Newcastle   |   Waltonian  Club   |   Instituted  | 
April  6,  1822. 

Wood,  by  Thomas  Bewick.        2%X3%. 

H :  2239. 

English.  Armorial,  pictorial,  portrait.  Two 
anglers  with  rods  and  lines;  a  seine,  landing 
net  and  creel ;  a  bust  of  Izaak  Walton.  Motto : 
"Love  us  the  honest  art  of  angling.  Iz.  Wal- 
ton"; fish  in  the  arms,  three  salmon  counter 
placed  naiant. 

Printed  below :  Thomas  Bewick. 

It  is  questionable  whether  this  were  designed  as 
a  book-plate.  It  is  described  in  "The  Bewick 
Collector"  among  "Cuts  for  various  Societies," 
and  was  used  as  an  illustration  for  a  paper 
"On  the  Pleasure  and  Utility  of  Angling," 
read  before  the  club,  and  published  in  1824. 


181.  Walter  S.  Newhall 

Etching,  signed:  S[heldon]  C[heney]. 

U.  S.  Pictorial,  water-craft.    An  angler  fishing 

from  an  anchored  boat. 
Trial  proof  from  unfinished  plate,  initialed  in 

pencil  by  the  artist. 


182.  State  of  New-Hampshire,  |  College  of  Agri- 
culture and  the  Mechanic  Arts 

Process.        2IIA6  x  3^- 

U.  S.  Armorial,  pictorial,  ichthyic,  water-craft. 
An  Indian  spearing  a  salmon,  and  an  angler 
fishing  in  a  mill  pond ;  a  vessel  on  the  stocks, 
a  ship  under  sail. 

47 


AN  EXHIBITION  OF 

183.  Ex-  I  Libris  |  Maurice  H.  Newmark  |  Los 
Angeles,  Cal. 

Engraving,  signed  and  dated:  W.  Hopson,  1910. 

U.  S.  Pictorial,  water-craft.  Two  anglers  with 
long  rods  fishing  on  an  ocean  beach;  plate 
outlined  by  rods,  reels  and  lines;  creel  in 
centre. 

184.  Ex  Libris  |  Eugene  |  Allen  |  Noble. 

Process,  signed  and  dated:  C  Valentine  Kirby. 
1908.        3y4X2%. 

U.  S.  Pictorial,  ichthyic,  water-craft.  An  angler, 
with  creel  and  landing  net,  wading,  and  fish- 
ing, a  trout  stream ;  a  birch  canoe ;  eight  con- 
ventional dolphins. 

Autographed. 

Alfred  Charles  William  |  Baron  Northcliffe, 
see  No.  121. 

185.  E  Libris  Desmondi  O'Callaghan,  Col.,  R.A.  | 
1896 

Wood,  by  Thomas  Bewick.        2^X3%e. 
English.     Pictorial.     An  angler,  creel   at  side, 

wading  and  playing  a  fish  (see  also  No.  271). 
On  the  back  is  the  following  note  in  pencil,  by 

Julian  Marshall.  'This  block  by  Thos.  Bewick, 

appeared  originally  in  the  'Fisher's  Garland,* 

1826;  reproduced  in  'Angler's  Garland,'  1871. 

I  had  the  lettering  added,  1896,  for  my  brother. 

J.  M." 
The  first  appearance  of  the  design  was  really  in 

"British  Birds,"  Vol.  II,  1804. 

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ANGLING  BOOK  PLATES 

186.  Oquossoc  |  Angling  Association  |  Camp  Ken- 
nebago  |  Indian  Rock,  Me. 

Engraving,  designed  by  J.  H.  Elwell ;  signed: 
W.  H.  Brett  Eng.  Co.  Boston.        ii^ieXi^. 

U.  S.  Pictorial,  ichthyic.  A  hooked  trout  leaping 
from  the  water. 

Signed  in  ink. 

187.  Ex  Libris  |  Richard  Ormond  |  Tynemouth 

Engraving,  after  Thomas  Bewick,  signed:  C. 
N[aish].        2^X3y2. 

English.  Pictorial.  A  copy  of  the  Jno.  Ander- 
son Jun*".  plate  (see  No.  7). 

188.  Ex  Libris  |  Sir  William  G.  Pearce 

Process.        4%  x  3%. 

English.     Armorial,  pictorial,  water-craft.       A 

rod,  reel,  line  and  artificial  fly ;  an  ancient  war 

galley;  a  lymphad. 

189.  Ex  Libris  |  Sir  William  G.  Pearce 

Small  reproduction  of  No.  188.        3^x2%. 

190.  [Peck] 

Engraving,  signed:  Hillyard,  Sculp. 

3%6  X  2%6. 

English.  Armorial,  pictorial.  A  charming, 
small  vignette  of  a  man  angling  beneath  a 
large  tree. 

An  early  impression. 

191.  James  Penrose 

Engraving.        a^Me  x  2%6.  M :  p.  135. 

English.    Armorial.    A  Loo  trout,  as  a  crest. 

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AN  EXHIBITION  OF 

192.  Ex  Libris  |  John  H.  Perry 

Engraving,  signed  and  dated:  A,  N.  M[acdon- 
ald]  Sc.  1914.        3%X2%6. 

U.  S.  Pictorial.  A  rod,  reel,  landing  net  and 
creel.  Views  of  Old  Squaw  Mountain,  Moose- 
head  Lake;  Mr.  Perry's  preparatory  school 
and  library,  and  Yale  College  in  1870. 

a  Unfinished  trial  proof,  before  all  letters. 

h  Proof,  signed  in  pencil. 

c  Autographed. 

193.  Ex  Libris  Stanley  Pershouse 

Process.        3^  x  2^. 

English.    Armorial,  pictorial.    An  angler,  creel 

at  side,  in  early  19th  century  costume,  fishing 

in  a  moorland  stream. 

194.  Ex-Libris  |  Edouard  Pilastre  [Lawyer  and 
sportsman]. 

Process.        i^^e  x  i%6. 

Belgian  or  French  (?).  Pictorial.  A  rod,  line, 
float,  sinker  and  hook;  a  landing  net. 


195.  Ex  Libris  |  Walter  J.  Pilling 

Process,  signed:  H.  M.  E[aton].        3%^i%- 
U.  S.  Pictorial,  ichthyic.    A  rod,  reel,  line,  leader 
and  fly ;  three  trout.    Motto : 

"O  the  gallant  fisher's  life. 
It  is  the  best  of  any! 
'Tis  full  of  pleasure,  void  of  strife. 
And  'tis  beloved  by  many." 
a  Without  name  of  owner.    Signed  in  ink. 
h  As  described. 
This  is  a  stock  plate. 

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196.  W.  S.  Pinney 

Process,  signed :  R.  C.        2%  x  2. 

U.  S.  Pictorial,  ichthyic.  An  angler  in  early  19th 
century  costume  sits  under  a  giant  tree,  read- 
ing; his  fish  pole  rests  unwatched  over  a 
crotched  stick  beside  him;  at  his  elbow,  a 
creel;  two  conventional  fish  as  ornaments. 


197.  Ex  Libris  |  Stephen  H.  Pitkin,  Akron,  O. 

Process,  signed:  Hogeboom.        3%X2^. 
U.  S.  Pictorial.    This  is  a  stock  plate;  for  de- 
scription, see  Foxcroft,  No.  96. 

Ex  Libris  I  Herbert  W.  Plews,  see  No.  133a. 


198.  Bertram  Popplewell. 

Etching,  signed  and  dated:  G.  H.  McCall,  1910. 

5%6X3%. 
English.     Armorial,  pictorial,  ichthyic.     A  rod, 

reel,  line,  landing-net,  creel  and  tin  tackle  box ; 

two  fish  beside  the  creel ;  a  copy  of  the  "Com- 

pleat  Angler." 
a  Proof,  signed  in  pencil.        b 

199.  John  H.  Porter  |  His  Book 

Process,  signed  and  dated:  C.  V[alentine] 
K[irby].    03.        3%6X2y8. 

U.  S.  Pictorial,  portrait.  The  owner,  creel  at 
side,  wading  and  playing  a  trout,  near  Cas- 
sells,  on  the  South  Fork  of  the  Platte,  about 
sixty-five  miles  from  Denver,  Col. 

Printed  in  two  shades  of  brown. 

51 


AN  EXHIBITION  OF 

200.  Ex  I  Libris  |  Hiram  Stevens  Powers. 

Process,  signed:  H.  W.  [Howard-Wesson  Co.] 
C.  [Harold  J.  Cue] .        z^Aq  x  2^. 

U.  S.  Pictorial.  A  rod,  reel,  line,  creel  and  tin 
bait  box. 

a  Signed  in   ink.        h  Autographed, 

201.  Ed.  Pratt  |  Cai.  Coll.  |  Soc.  Cant. 

Engraving,  signed:   Levi   Sculp.        3%X2%6- 

English.  Armorial,  pictorial.  A  charming  vig- 
nette of  an  angler  engaged  in  his  sport  (simi- 
lar to  the  vignette  in  No.  190). 

a  As  described. 

h  With  name  changed  to  Roger  Pratt;  an  early 
impression. 

c  A  late  impression  from  the  reworked  plate. 

Roger  Pratt,  see  Nos.  201b,  201c. 

202.  Walter  |  Conway  |  Prescott 

Engraving,  signed  and  dated:  C.  W.  Sherborn, 
R.  E.  fecit.    1899.        3%X25/i6. 

S:  [314]  p.  82. 
U.  S.  Armorial,  pictorial.    A  rod  butt  and  reel. 
a  Remarque  proof,  signed  in  pencil. 
h  Autographed. 

203.  Ex  Libris  |  Walter  |  Conway  |  Prescott 

Engraving,  signed  and  dated:  Fred  Thompson, 

Sc.  1917.         3%6X2%. 
U.  S.  Pictorial,  ichthyic,  water-craft.     A  seine, 

rod,  reel,  line  and  sinkers ;  three  fish ;  a  canoe. 
a  Remarque    proof,    black    on    yellow    paper; 

signed  in  pencil. 
h  Remarque    proof,    brown    on    yellow    paper; 

signed  in  pencil. 

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204.  Ex  Libris  |  Harold  |  Trowbridge  |  Pulsifer  | 
1918 

Process,  designed  by  A.  W.  Clark.        2%X2%. 

U.  S.  Pictorial,  portrait  (?).  An  angler,  rod  in 
left  hand,  seated  on  a  box,  reading,  his  rod, 
line  and  fishing  forgot ;  at  his  side,  a  creel. 

205.  Joseph  Pyke. 

Engraving.        3M  x  21^6-  M :  p.  61. 

English.  Armorial,  punning.  Pyke  =  Pike. 
Crest :  A  pike  naiant. 

206.  Ex  Libris  |  Frank  Reagan,  McDonough,  Pa. 

Process,  signed:  Hogeboom.        3%><2V^- 
U.  S.  Pictorial.    This  is  a  stock  plate;  for  de- 
scription, see  Foxcroft,  No.  96. 

207.  [Reuss.] 

Engraving,  signed :  I.  C.  Berndt.  del.  et  Sculp ; 

Francof  t.        3%  x  2^16.  See  M :  p.  198. 

German.     Armorial,  pictorial.     Crest:  A  figure 

holding  up  a  fish  trap.    Arms :  A  fish  trap. 

208.  Ex  I  Libris  |  Louis  |  Rhead 

Process,  by  owner,  signed:  Louis  Rhead. 
S^^Aq  X  2%. 

U.  S.  Pictorial,  portrait,  ichthyic.  The  centre 
panel,  from  a  photograph,  shows  the  owner, 
wading  and  angling  in  the  "Beaver  Kill," 
about  to  net  a  trout;  creel  and  bait  box  over 
shoulder;  above:  two  mermaids.  About  sides 
of  plate:  leaders,  artificial  flies  and  natural 
trout  flies.  At  bottom  of  plate :  a  salmon  and 
trout.    Legend,  "Simon  Peter  said,  I  go  a  fish- 

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AN  EXHIBITION  OF 

ing:   and   they   said,   We  also   will   go  with 
thee." 
Signed  in  ink. 

209.  Ex  I  Libris  |  Louis  |  Rhead. 

Slightly  smaller  reproduction  of  No.  208. 

Printed  on  cream-colored  paper  and  inscribed 
in  ink:  To  Daniel  B.  Fearing  from  Louis 
Rhead.    1890. 

210.  Ex  I  Libris  |  Louis  |  Rhead. 

Etching,  signed:  Louis  Rhead.        4M.6X2%. 
Same  design  as  Nos.  208  and  209,  printed  on 

birch  bark  in  1912. 
Inscribed  in  ink:  "To  Daniel  B.  Fearing  from 

Louis  Rhead." 

211.  This  is  My  Book  |  Charles  E.  Richards  | 
Elizabeth— New  Jersey 

Process,  signed  and  dated:  [Charles]  Rollinson, 

1897.        2%xi%. 
U.  S.  Pictorial.    A  rod,  reel,  line,  float,  hook  and 

creel. 
Autographed. 

212.  Herbert  J.  Richardson  |  Newcastle  upon 
Tyne 

Wood,  after  Thomas  Bewick.        2^  x  3%6. 
English.    Pictorial,  ichthyic.    An  angler  wading, 

placing  a  just-hooked  trout  in  his  creel. 
A  copy  of  the  cut  for  "The  Angler  and  the 

Little  Fish,"  in  Bewick's  "Fables  of  ^sop." 

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213.  Will"  Roach 

Engraving.        3  x  2%6-  M :  p.  96. 

English.  Armorial,  punning.  Crest  and  arms 
play  on  name.  Crest:  A  roach,  on  its  back, 
an  osprey  about  to  devour  it.  Arms:  Gu, 
three  roach  naiant,  fesswise,  arg. 

214.  Ex-Libris  |  Piscatoris  |  C.  Robinson 

Pen  and  ink  sketch,  signed:  C.  E.  S[tewart]. 

378X27/8. 

English.  Pictorial,  ichthyic,  water-craft.  A  boy 
angling;  two  trout  near  a  baited  hook;  an- 
other lies  on  the  bank,  while  a  third  shews  in 
creel  between  copies  of  "Iz.  Walton"  and 
"Dame  Berners";  a  book  of  eyed  flies  is  in 
the  owner's  hands;  on  loch  in  background,  an 
angler  and  his  gillie  in  a  boat. 

This  sketch  for  a  book-plate  was  never  used. 

215.  John  Roche 

Engraving.        2%6  x  i%6.  M :  pp.  92-3. 

Irish.  Armorial,  punning.  Crest,  arms  and 
motto  play  on  the  name.  Roche  is  oldtime 
roach.  Crest :  On  a  rock,  ppr.,  an  osprey  dis- 
played, arg.,  membered  or,  in  dexter  claw  a 
roach.  Arms:  Gu.,  three  roach  naiant  fess- 
wise, arg.    Motto :  "Mon  Dieu  est  ma  roche." 

216.  Stephen  Roche 

Engraving.        3x2. 

Irish.  Armorial,  punning.  Similar  to  No.  215, 
but  with  differently  shaped  shield. 

217.  Ex  Libris  |  A.  L.  Roeder 

Engraving.        4^  x  31^. 

U.  S.  (?)  Armorial,  pictorial,  ichthyic.  A  rod, 
reel,  line  and  hook;  a  fish. 

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AN  EXHIBITION  OF 

218.  Louis  Tyson  Romaine 

Process,  signed  and  dated :  M.  F.  Hackley.  1901. 

U.  S.  Pictorial,  water-craft.    A  creel,  rod,  reel 
and  line;  an  old  Dutch  merchant  ship. 

219.  From  the  Books  of  |  Frank  |  Kimball  |  Root 

Process,  signed:  M[ary]  R[oot]  Kern. 

2%X2%6. 

U.  S.  Pictorial,  ichthyic.    A  creel,  rod,  reel,  line, 

float  and  sinkers ;  a  fish  fast  to  end  of  line. 
Autographed. 

220.  Ex  I  Libris  |  Robert  |  Canfield  |  Root 

Process,  signed:  I.  S.        3%xi^%6. 
U.   S.   Pictorial,  water-craft.     A  rod,  reel  and 
line  with  feathered  spoon  hook;  a  canoe. 

221.  Ex-Libris  |  Caroline  Ruutz-Rees. 

Etching,  signed  and  dated :  W.  F.  Hopson,  1904. 

3%X2%. 

U.    S.    Pictorial,    ichthyic.      A    wooded    trout 

brook;  on  bank,  a  rod,  reel,  line,  and  open 

creel  with  three  fine  trout. 
a  Unfinished  proof  before  all  letters,  initialed 

with  pencil  by  artist. 
b  Trial  proof  with  error  "Rautz"  for  "Ruutz," 

initialed  in  pencil  by  artist. 
c  Proof,  with  error,  signed  in  pencil. 
d  Proof,  with  error  corrected,  signed  in  pencil. 
e  With  error  corrected,  autographed. 

222.  Ex  Libris  |  Embley  Ryno 

Process,  signed:  Hogeboom.        3%X2^. 
U.  S.  Pictorial.    This  is  a  stock  plate;  for  de- 
scription, see  Foxcroft,  No.  96. 

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ANGLING  BOOK  PLATES 

223.  Dean  Sage  [Author,  angler,  and  collector  of 
angling  books;  d.  1902.] 

Engraving,  by  William  W.  Swayne.        %  x  i%e. 

U.  S.  Pictorial,  ichthyic.  A  salmon  on  a  crossed 
rod  and  line,  and  a  landing  net. 

a  Proof  on  plate  paper.        b 

Mr.  Sage  was  the  author  of  "The  Ristigouche 
and  its  Salmon  Fishing,"  Edinburgh,  i88i8,  and 
collaborator  on  "Salmon  and  Trout,"  New 
York,  1902.  The  catalogue  of  his  books  on 
angling,  fifty  copies  of  which  were  printed  in 
iSg6,  is  one  of  the  best  of  its  kind  ever  made. 
Mrs.  Sage  added  a  Supplement  to  it  (fifty 
copies)  in  1904. 

224.  Ex  Libris  |  Henry  W.  Sage 

Engraving,     signed     and     dated:      [Frederick] 

Spenceley,  '13.        3%^3' 
U.  S.  Pictorial,  water-craft.    An  angler,  fast  in 

a  salmon,  in  a  canoe  with  two  Indians,  on  the 

Ristigouche.    One  Indian,  gaff  in  hand,  stands 

waiting  to  gaff  the  fish. 

225.  Joseph  |  I.  Saks  |  Ex  Libris 

Process,  signed:  M.  M.  S[traus].        4X3. 

U.  S.  Pictorial.     Two  rods,  reels,  hooks,  lines 

and  sinkers. 
Printed  in  black  and  yellow. 

226.  George  Salmon. 

Engraving.    2%  x  1%.  M  :  p.  121. 

English.    Armorial,  punning.  Arms  play  on  the 

name.     Arms:    Gu.,   three  salmon   haurient, 

arg.,  two,  and  one. 

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AN  EXHIBITION  OF 

227.  T.  P.  D.  Salmon,  M.  A. 

Engraving,  signed:  Timbrell  &  Harding  fee*. 
No  28  Strand.        2%  x  2^.  M :  p.  121. 

English.  Armorial,  punning.  Arms  play  on  the 
name.  Arms:  Sa.,  three  salmon  haurient, 
arg.,  two,  and  one,  in  chief  a  crescent  arg. 


228.  Tho».  S.  Salmon  M.D. 

Engraving.        2%6  x  1%.  M :  p.  121. 

English.    Armorial,  punning.    Arms  play  on  the 

name.    Arms:  ist.,  and  4th,  sa.,  three  salmon 

haurient,  arg.,  two,  and  one. 
This  is  said  to  be  a  very  rare  plate. 


229.  T.  S.  [Thomas  Satchel!,  author,  angler,  and 
collector  of  angling  books]. 

Process,  signed:  J.  B.  K.  (?)         i%X2%6. 

English.  Pictorial,  punning.  Plate  plays  on  the 
name.    A  fishing  bag,  or  "satchel." 

Thomas  Satchell  made  "The  Bibliography  of 
Izaak  Walton's  Complete  Angler,"  London, 
1881,  and,  together  with  Thomas  Westwood, 
compiled  the  "Bibliotheca  Piscatoria,"  Lon- 
don, 1883. 

230.  [Saturn  Club,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.]    Ex  dono. 

Process,  designed  by  Mrs.  Jno.  Glenny. 
2i%6  X  ii%6. 

U.  S.  Pictorial.  A  quotation  from  the  "Com- 
pleat  Angler" :  "Good  Company  and  Good  Dis- 
cours  are  the  very  Sinewes  of  Vertue." 

a  Printed  in  black.        b  Printed  in  brown. 

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231.  Schelling  |  Korael  D'  Konyve  [his  book]. 

Process,  signed  and  dated:  [Tibor  de]  Bottlik, 

10.        3%6  X  2. 
Hungarian.     Pictorial.     A  nude  man  lifting  a 

dip  net  full  of  books  from  a  stream. 

232.  Ex  Libris  |  H.  D.  Schnure 

Process,  signed:  Hogeboom.        3%X2%- 
U.  S.  Pictorial.    This  is  a  stock  plate;  for  de- 
scription, see  Foxcroft,  No.  96. 

233.  Patrick  Scott  of  Rossie  |  Esq^ 

Engraving   (circa  1760).        3%X2%. 

Scotch.     Armorial,  pictorial,  ichthyic.     A  seine 

with   several  large  and  small  fish  in  it;  an 

anchor  and  cable. 

234.  Ex  Libris  |  Isaac  Sharpless. 

Process,  signed  and  dated:  [at  top  of  plate] 
A.  B.,  [at  bottom]  J.  F.  Y.,  [printed  below 
design]  Alfred  Busselle,  '94.        3^6  xa^/^. 

U.  S.  Pictorial.  A  rod,  reel,  line,  leader,  fly- 
hook  and  creel. 

a  Without  artist's  full  name  or  date,  auto- 
graphed. 

b  With  artist's  full  name  and  date  printed  below 
design;  signed  in  ink. 

235.  Ex  Libris  |  Freeman  Ballard  Shedd 

Engraving,  by  Mary  Sears.        3-^-K6X2%. 

U.  S.  Pictorial,  water-craft.  A  disjointed  four- 
piece  fly  rod,  reel,  line,  leader,  and  three  arti- 
ficial flies;  a  Chesapeake  Bay  "bugeye.'* 

59 


AN  EXHIBITION  OF 

236.  The  High  Sheriff  [of  Durham?] 

Engraving.        2  x  314. 

English.    Pictorial.    An  angler  seated  on  a  river 

bank,  fishing. 
a  Proof,  on  cream-colored  paper.        b 

237.  George  Sherriff  |  Ex  Libris 

Engraving,  signed :  A.  Wyon,  Sc.    London. 

3^  X  2%. 
English.     Armorial,  pictorial.     A  rod,  reel  and 

creel. 
Printed  in  black  on  yellow  paper. 

238.  Henry  A.  Sherwin. 

Engraving,  signed  and  dated:  E.  D.  French  Sc 
1895.        2%X3%6.  B:52. 

U.  S.  Pictorial,  portrait,  ichthyic.  A  rod,  reel, 
line  and  landing-net;  a  salmon,  a  trout,  and 
the  tail  end  of  a  grayling;  a  portrait  of 
Walton. 

a  On  white  paper.        b  On  cream-colored  paper. 

239.  Henry  A.  Sherwin. 

Engraving,  signed  and  dated:  E.  D.  French  Sc 
1895.        i%X2K6.  B:82. 

Same  design  as  No.  238,  but  smaller. 
a  Proof,  green ;  signed  in  pencil. 
b  Printed  in  black. 

240.  [R.  Silvester] 

Original  pencil  sketch  for  crest  for  an  armorial 
book-plate.        %6  x  2!^. 

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This  sketch  was  found  among  the  effects  of  the 
engraver,  together  with  the  sketches  for  the 
G.  W.  Cooke  and  Tonna  plates  (see  Nos.  48a, 
48b,  274a,  274b). 

241.  Ex-Libris  |  Frederick  W.  Skiff,  |  of  |  West 
Haven  | 

Wood,  signed:  W.  H[opson]        4X2i%6. 

U.  S.  Pictorial.  An  open  book  showing  as  fron- 
tispiece an  angling  view  from  John  William- 
son's "British  Angler,"  1740. 

Signed  in  pencil. 

242.  T.  Small 

Engraving.        2^  x  3%. 

English.    Pictorial.    A  rod,  line,  creel  and  seine. 
A    copy,    by    an    anonymous    engraver,    of    the 
Sykes  plate  (see  No.  264). 

243.  Ex  Libris  |  H.  M.  |  Smith  |  J^  |  Richmond  Va. 

Process,  by  Jay  Chambers,  signed:  The  Trip- 
tych.   '02.        2%  X  4146- 

U.  S.  Pictorial.  An  angler  in  i8th  century  cos- 
tume sits  under  a  giant  tree,  rod  in  hand, 
reading,  while  his  float  bobs  unheeded ;  beside 
him,  a  creel  and  a  bait  box. 

a  Signed  in  pencil. 

b  Autographed. 

c  On  green  paper,  signed  in  ink. 

244.  H.  M.  Smith  Jr  |  Richmond  Va. 

A  small  copy  of  No.  243,  with  different  lettering. 

I%X2%. 

a  Printed  in  black. 

b  Printed  in  brown,  signed  in  ink;  lettering  in 
three  lines  instead  of  two. 

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AN  EXHIBITION  OF 

245.  H.  M.  Smith,  Jr.  |  Richmond,  Va. 

Process,  signed:  B[ruce]  R[ogers].        2x2%. 
U.  S.  Pictorial.    Follows  the  same  idea  as  Nos. 

243  and  244,  but  differently  expressed. 
Signed  in  ink  and  autographed. 

246.  John  Miller  Smith,  M.D. 

Process,  designed  by  Ada  W.  Ellsworth. 

3^2X21^6. 

U.  S.  Pictorial,  ichthyic.  Two  crossed  rods, 
reels,  and  lines  with  conventional  fish  fast  at 
end  of  each  line. 

Signed  in  ink. 

247.  Rupert  Oswald  Smith. 

Process.        3%6  x  2%. 

English.      Armorial,     pictorial,     ichthyic.      An 

angler  in   17th   century  costume  engaged  in 

his  sport;  a  fish  in  a  jar. 

248.  Sidney  L.  Smith.    [Artist  and  engraver.] 

Original  pen  and  ink  sketch  for  an  angling  plate, 

as  drawn  by  Mr.  Smith  in  one  of  his  own 

books.        2%  X  1%. 
U.  S.  Pictorial,  ichthyic.    Two  fine  big  trout;  a 

disjointed    rod,    leaders,    artificial    flies    and 

books;  a  fly  book  and  creel. 
On  sheet  with  autograph  letter  from  Mr.  Smith, 

explaining  the  drawing. 

249.  Ex  Libris  |  William  |  and  Olive  |  Smith. 

Process,  signed:  C.  V[alentine]  K[irby]. 
2%X2y4. 

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ANGLING  BOOK  PLATES 

U.  S.  Pictorial,  ichthyic,  water-craft.  An  angler 
fishing  a  trout  brook ;  a  bark  and  two  sloops ; 
sides  bordered  by  conventional  fishes. 

250.  Ex  Libris  |  Harrison  H.  |  Southworth 

Process,  signed:  R.  F.  S[eymour].  3%'^2%- 
U.  S.  Pictorial.  An  angler  lying  on  his  back  be- 
neath a  giant  tree,  in  whose  branches  his  line 
and  fly  have  become  entangled;  his  rod  lies 
on  the  ground  beside  him;  creel  at  foot  of 
tree. 
Signed  in  ink. 

251.  [J.  Winfred  Spenceley.     Designer  and  en- 
graver of  book-plates,  1865-1909.] 

Original  water-color  sketch  for  an  angling  book- 
plate, signed  by  the  artist.        2%X2Vi6. 

U.  S.  Pictorial.  Rod,  reel,  line,  landing  net  and 
creel. 

This  design  was  never  used. 


252.  Kate  Jewel  Spencer  |  Ex  Libris 

Engraving,    signed    and    dated:    G[eorge]    H. 

G[ihon].    08.        3^6  X  15/^6. 
U.  S.  Pictorial.    A  rod,  reel  and  line. 
Printed  in  brown. 

253.  Ex  Libris  |  Sportsman's  |  Club 

Process,  signed  and  dated:  M.  H.  Wright  1906. 
3%X2i%6. 

U.  S.  Pictorial,  ichthyic.  A  wood-bordered 
lake ;  rod,  reel  and  line ;  two  conventional  dol- 
phins on  panel  at  foot. 

63 


AN  EXHIBITION  OF 

254.  Ex-Libris  |  Elizabeth  |  Howe  Sproul 

Process,  signed:  Euwer.     Crisp.        3%X2^. 
U.  S.  Pictorial.    Two  rods  and  lines;  a  reel. 

255.  From  Among  the  Books  of  |  Edwin  Chapin 
Starks 

Process,  signed:  ELS  [Mrs.  E.  C.  Starks] 
4%6X3%6. 

U.  S.  Pictorial,  ichthyic,  water-craft.  Two  men 
in  a  dory  setting  a  seine  net;  two  conven- 
tional dolphins;  picture  of  a  fish  in  book 
which  man  is  reading. 

256.  For  the  |  Library  |  of  |  Simon  Sterae 

Process,  signed:  E.  W.  C        5%X33^. 

U.  S.  Pictorial.    Two  rods,  reels,  lines,  leaders 

and  an  artificial  fly;  a  creel. 
Autographed  by  Mr.  Sterne's  widow. 

257.  Ex  Libris  |  Arthur  Stiles. 

Etching,  signed  and  dated:  F.  T[olles]  C[ham- 
berlin].     1907.        3%X2%. 

U.  S.  Pictorial.  An  angler  in  17th  century  cos- 
tume, fish  bag  at  side,  fishing  in  a  quiet  pool. 

Signed  in  ink. 

258.  Ex  Libris  |  Frank  B.  Stone 

Engraving.        sViq  x  2^^. 

U.  S.  Armorial,  pictorial.  A  rod  butt,  reel  and 
creel. 

259.  R.  Sturgeon,  Bury. 

Engraving.        2%  x  2%. 
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English.  Armorial,  punning.  Crest  and  atms 
play  on  the  name.  Crest:  A  sturgeon  naiant 
or,  f retty  gules.  Arms :  Arg.,  three  bars  wavy, 
gu.,  in  chief,  a  sturgeon  naiant,  or  fretty  gu. 

260.  Wentworth  Sturgeon. 

Engraving.        2^%6  x  i^%6- 

English.  Armorial,  punning.  Crest  and  arms 
play  on  the  name.  Arms :  Az.,  three  sturgeon 
naiant  in  pale,  or,  over  all  fretty  gules.  Crest : 
A  sturgeon  naiant  or,  fretty  gules. 

261.  Suffolk  Club  |  South  Haven,  Long  Island 

Engraving,  drawn  by  H.  V.  Burgy,  after  a 
painting  by  F.  Schushardt,  signed:  H.  V. 
Burgy,  Tiffany  &  Co.;  engraved  in  1909,  but 
undated.        3%6  x  iVs- 

U.  S.  Pictorial,  ichthyic.  A  trophy  of  two 
crossed  rods,  reels,  lines,  leaders,  and  four 
flies;  a  landing  net  with  three  trout  in  it,  a 
bunch  of  eight  trout  hanging  from  end  of 
handle;  monogram  "S.  C."  made  of  old  roots. 

a  Rough  trial  proof,  black,  on  white  paper.  Be- 
fore the  printed  signature  of  Tiffany  &  Co. 

b  Trial  proof,  black,  on  white  paper.  With 
signature. 

c  Trial  proof,  black,  on  Japan  vellum.  With 
signature. 

d  Proof,  brown,  signed  in  pencil  (10  copies  on 
large  paper  pulled  in  1909). 

e  Printed  in  brown. 

/1-/17  Seventeen  trial  proofs,  in  various  shades, 
pulled  for  color  in  1916. 

^1-^8  Eight  proofs  in  various  colors, — black, 
brown,  gray,  green,  orange,  purple,  red,  sepia 
(each  proof  is  No.  i  of  25  copies  pulled  in 
1916). 

h  Proof,  blue  (one  of  six  copies  pulled  from  the 
defaced  plate  in  1916). 

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AN  EXHIBITION  OF 

»i-*8  Printed  in  various  colors, — black,  brown, 
gray,  green,  orange,  purple,  red,  sepia  (each 
print  is  No.  i  of  25  copies  pulled  in  1916). 

y  Printed  in  blue  (one  of  six  copies  pulled 
from  the  defaced  plate  in  1916). 

Each  book-plate  is  initialed  and  dated  by  D.  B. 
Fearing,  for  whom  the  plate  was  made  in 
1809.  It  was  never  used,  and  was  scored  and 
destroyed  in  19 16. 

262.  Leodegar  Otto  |  Svidter  Katha- 1  rina  Langen- 
stein  I  Syn  Ehegemahel 

Engraving,  signed:  Comp.  u.  gestochen  Jean 
Kauffmann.        4%  x  3%6. 

Austrian.  Armorial,  pictorial,  ichthyic.  A  cupid 
with  a  dip  net  in  his  hands,  sits  beside  a  foun- 
tain in  which  swim  several  fish.  Conventional 
dolphins  form  the  capitals  of  two  columns. 

263.  Ex  Libris  |  Lindsay  Swift 

Process,  signed:  F.  [Raymond  Knapp  Fletcher]. 

U.  S.  Pictorial,  portrait.  The  owner  seated  un- 
der a  shady  tree,  reading  and  smoking;  fish 
pole  under  arm  pit,  line  in  water;  beside  him 
a  creel  and  a  "little  brown  jug  of  bait." 

Autographed. 

264.  T.  C.  Sykes 

Engraving,  signed :  Harvey  Del*.  Collard  Scul*. 
2^x3^. 

English.  Pictorial.  Rod  and  line,  creel  and 
seine  (see  also  No.  242). 

265.  "Syl"  1  Ex  Libris.   [R.  E.  Sylvester] 

Process,  by  owner,  signed  and  dated :  R.  E.  Syl- 
vester.    1916.        4%  X  3. 

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ANGLING  BOOK  PLATES 

U.  S.  Pictorial,  ichthyic.  An  ancient  Egyptian 
seated,  fishing  in  a  reservoir  in  which  are  four 
fish  and  a  turtle.  Motto :  Ask  Not  The  Loan 
of  Rod  or  Gun  or  Reel :  Nor  Book :  Nor  Wife 
— They  Are  My  Friends:  Like  Mountain 
Streams  That  Romp  &  Sing  They  Add  Zest 
To  Life: 

On  gray  paper. 

266.  Ex  Libris  |  E.  Tautz. 

Engraving,  signed:  G.  W.  Eve.    1894. 

2%X2%.  V:i8. 

English.     Pictorial.     A   rod  butt   and   reel;   a 

creel. 
a  Proof,   on   white   paper;    first   state   without 

date,  and  with  the  hole  in  creel  horizontal. 
h  On  cream-colored  paper;   second  state,  with 

date  1894,  and  the  hole  in  creel  vertical. 

267.  Joseph  |  Nathan  |  Teal  |  Ex  |  Libris 

Process,  signed :  B  [ertha]  S  [tuart] .        2%  x  2%. 
U.  S.  Pictorial.    A  leader  and  two  artificial  trout 

flies.    Quotation :  "I  am,  sir,  a  Brother  to  the 

Angle." 
Signed  in  pencil. 

268.  Fred^^.  Ja».  Thairlwall 

Engraving,  signed  and  dated:  C.  W.  Sherborn, 
R.  E.  1905.        3%X2%.  S:  [288]  p.  92. 

English.  Armorial,  pictorial,  punning.  An 
angler  beside  a  river  waiting  for  the  rise.  "The 
pierced  wall  ['thirl,'  a  hole,  or  opening]  is  a 
rebus  of  the  surname." 

a  Printed  in  black.        h  Printed  in  brown. 

This  plate  is  found  also  in  a  larger  size,  printed 
in  brown  on  gray  paper. 

67 


AN  EXHIBITION  OF 

269.  Thery  de  Gricourt. 

Engraving,  signed  and  dated:  A  Thery,  pinx. 

et  fecit,  a  Cisoing  1753.        4%6X3H6. 
French.     Armorial,   pictorial,    ichthyic.     Three 

fishing  cupids ;  one  fishing  with  pole  and  line ; 

a  second,  pole  on  shoulder,  places  an  eel  in 

a  tub  of  water;  the  third  has  a  dip-net. 

270.  Ex  Libris  |  'Tours  Truly"  [Fred  Thompson] 

Engraving,  designed  by  owner;  dated:  1915. 
4%6X2y2. 

U.  S.  Pictorial,  portrait,  ichthyic,  water-craft. 
A  disjointed  rod,  a  reel  and  creel;  a  picture 
of  an  angler  fishing  from  a  boat;  a  conven- 
tional dolphin. 

a  Unfinished  trial  proof  before  letters,  auto- 
graphed on  back  with  note  by  artist.  Before 
the  plate  was  made  a  sporting  one. 

b  Signed  in  ink. 

271.  E  Libris  |  H.  S.  Thome  |  1896. 

Engraving,  after  Thomas  Bewick,  signed :  T.  B. 

[in  ligature],  C.  W.  S[herborn]. 

2^4x3%.  S:  [243]  p.  76. 

English.     Pictorial.     An  angler,  creel  at  side, 

wading  a  rocky  stream,  playing  a  fish.    "After 

the  Angling  vignette  by  Thos.  Bewick  in  Vol. 

11.  of  the  'History  of  British  Birds.'"     (See 

also  No.  185.) 
a  Proof,    on    cream-colored    paper,    signed    in 

pencil. 
b  On  cream-colored  paper. 
c  On  white  paper. 

272.  Ex  Libris  |  Charles  Franklin  Thwing 

Process,  designed  by  Florence  Loomis  Potter, 
1915.        3%6  X  3- 

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ANGLING  BOOK  PLATES 

U.  S.  Pictorial.    A  rod,  reel,  line,  fly  hook  and 

creel. 
a  On  white  paper,  signed  in  ink. 
b  On  yellow  paper,  autographed. 

273.  Samuel  Tinsley  |  His  Book 

Process,  designed  by  J.  W.  Simpson. 

41^6X3^6. 
English.    Pictorial.    A  jolly  angler,  butt  of  rod 

resting  on  waist,  intently  looking  off  to  end 

of  rod,  which  does  not  show. 

274.  Tonna 

Engraving,  by  Silvester.        2%xi%. 

English.  Armorial,  punning.  Crest:  Head  of 
a  tunny  fish,  erect,  all  ppr.  Arms:  Or,  be- 
tween four  fesses  az.,  three  tunnies,  counter- 
changed  in  pale,  naiant  sable. 

a  Original  sketch  for  the  plate. 

b  A  similar  pen  and  ink  sketch  inscribed  "Lewis 
Tonna." 

c 

Accompanied  by  an  autograph  letter  from  Mr. 
Tonna  to  the  engraver,  with  directions  to  "be 
careful  in  engraving  the  Tunny  Fish's  Head," 
as  he  had  one  engraved  once  in  the  country 
which  looked  like  a  bishop's  mitre! 

The  sketches  were  found  among  the  effects  of 
the  engraver  (see  also  Nos.  48,  240). 

275.  J.  D.  Treadwell  |  His  Book 

Process,  designed  by  owner.        2^5  ^  1%. 

U.  S.  Pictorial,  ichthyic.  A  trout  jumping  out 
of  water  at  a  cast  fly;  at  back,  another  trout 
is  seen  rising.  A  copy  of  "The  Compleat 
Angler,"  1653. 

Printed  in  black  and  gray;  autographed. 


AN  EXHIBITION  OF 

276.  Wilfred  Troutbeck. 

Engraving.        3%  ><  2.  M :  p.  135. 

English.  Armorial,  punning.  Pun  on  the  name. 
Crest:  Sa.,  a  dexter  mailed  arm,  the  hand 
grasping  a  trout,  or.  Arms:  Az.,  three  trout 
or,  intertwined  heads  to  tails. 

On  blue  paper. 


277.  True  Waltonian  Society,  |  Estab**.  1830. 
Engraving.        5^  x  3%. 

English.  Pictorial,  pseudo-armorial.  Three 
trout  and  every  imaginable  article  used  in  bot- 
tom, fly  or  rod  fishing,  except  a  fly-book  and  a 
gaff-hook. 

On  blue  paper. 

It  is  possible  that  this  was  not  intended  for  a 
book-plate. 


278.  Tuna  Club  |  Avalon  California 

Process.        3%  x  3%- 

U.  S.  Pictorial,  ichthyic.    A  tuna,  tuna  rod,  reel, 
line,  and  gaff-hook;  the  Tuna  Club  button. 


279.  To  all  Lovers  of  Angling.  |  Onesimus  Uston- 
son,  I  Successor  to  the  late  Mr.  John  Herro,  | 
at  the  [Crown  and  Trout] 

Printed  trade  card  of  a  fishing  tackle  maker, 
with  crown  and  trout  engraved  for  name  of 
shop. 

This  card  was  used  as  a  book  label. 
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280.  Ex  Libris  |  Henry  Van  Dyke.  [Author, 
angler,  diplomat  and  divine;  published 
"Little  Rivers,"  1895,  "Fisherman's  Luck," 
1899,  etc.] 

Engraving,  signed:  [H.  Siddons]  M[owbray] 
J.  D.  S[millie]   Sculpt.        4y8X2%. 

U.  S.  Armorial,  pictorial.  A  cupid  reading  and 
angling,  his  pole  in  left  hand,  line  and  float 
forgotten. 

Printed  in  brown,  on  cream-colored  paper ;  auto- 
graphed. 

This  plate  also  comes  on  faint  lilac  paper, 
printed  in  black. 

281.  Ex  Libris  |  Henry  Van  Dyke 

A  small  reproduction  of  No.  280.        3X2M.6. 

282.  Ex  Libris  |  Frances  C.  Van  Gasken 

Engraving,  signed  and  dated:  A.  N.  M[acdon- 

ald]  1914-        3^X2%. 
U.   S.   Pictorial,  water-craft.     A   man  angling 

from  an  anchored  canoe. 
a  Proof,  green ;  signed  in  pencil. 
b  Green. 

283.  John  Irving  |  Van  Vliet 

Process,    signed    and    dated:     C.    V[alentine] 

Kirby  '06.        3%  x  2%. 
U.  S.  Pictorial,  water-craft.    A  disjointed  rod, 

a  reel  and  creel;  a  canoe. 

284.  Frank  E.  Vaughan 

Process,  signed  and  dated:  [Charles]  RoUinson 
1896.        3  X  i^%6. 

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AN  EXHIBITION  OF 

U.  S.  Pictorial,  ichthyic.  A  rod,  reel,  line,  creel 
and  fly  book;  "little  brown  jug  of  bait." 
Pseudo-arms  of  three  trout  counterplaced, 
naiant  in  pale.    Motto :  Aut  pisces  aut  nullus. 

Printed  in  sepia. 

285.  Ex-Libris  Piscatoris  |  George  Heath  Viner 

Wood,  signed  and  dated:  W.  F.  H[opson]  1916. 

1%  diameter. 
U.   S.   Pictorial,   ichthyic.     A   rod,  a  reel   and 

creel;  a  fish  in  open  creel,  beside  it  on  the 

grass,  three  other  fish. 
a  Proof  on  India  paper,  signed  in  pencil,  and 

autographed. 
b  Signed  in  pencil,  and  autographed. 

286.  Wah-Wah-Tay-See 

Process,    signed    and    dated:    G[ail]    H[ough] 

P[ierce]  1905.        3%X2%6. 
U.  S.  Pictorial.    A  rod,  reel,  line  and  leader. 

287.  Ex  Libris  |  J.  L.  Walker 

Original  pen  and  ink  sketch  made  in  191 1. 

5^6X3%. 
English.    Pictorial.    A  creel  and  landing  net. 

288.  Ex  I  Libris  |  Charles  Walton 

Process,  signed  and  dated:  T[heodore]  S[picer- 
Simpson].    1898.        5^/4  X3%6. 

English.  Pictorial,  ichthyic.  An  angler  sits  on 
the  parapet  of  a  bridge,  back  to  the  water, 
deep  in  a  book.  His  rod  leans  against  the 
coping  beside  him;  a  fish  jumps  from  the 
water  at  the  end  of  his  line,  unheeded,  while 
a  man  on  the  bank  below  shouts  at  him  in 
vain. 

72 


ANGLING  BOOK  PLATES 

289.  John  Hubert  Ward. 

Engraving,  signed  and  dated:  C.  W.  Sherborn 
R.E.  1897.        3^/l6  X  2%.  S :  [2682]  p.  78. 

English.  Armorial,  pictorial,  ichthyic.  Butt  of 
a  rod  with  reel,  two  trout  and  a  creel. 

Warrington  |  Free  Museum  &  Library,  see 
No.  149b. 

290.  Frederica  Vanderbilt  Webb 

Etching,  signed  and  dated:    [Charles]    Mielatz 

1904.        3^6  X  2%. 
U.  S.  Armorial,  pictorial,  ichthyic.     Remarque 

shows  a  large  trout  at  the  end  of  a  line. 
Remarque  proof,  signed  in  pencil. 

291.  Andrew  Strong  White 

Process,  by  Claude  Bragdon.        2%X2l4. 
U.  S.  Pictorial.    A  rod  case. 

292.  Stewart  Edward  White,    [Author  of  "Camp 
and  Trail,"  1907,  etc.] 

Process,  designed  by  George  Booth. 

3^6X1%. 

U.  S.  Pictorial,  water-craft.  A  reel  under  a 
crossed  gaff -hook  and  landing-net;  an  angler 
playing  a  fish,  in  a  canoe  paddled  by  an 
Indian. 

Signed  in  ink,  and  autographed. 

293.  Ex  Libris  |  Graeme  Whitelaw. 

Engraving,  signed:  Inv.  F.  G.  H[ouse]  J.  A.  C. 
H[arrison]  Sc.        3%6X2%6. 

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AN  EXHIBITION  OF 

English.  Pictorial,  water-craft.  A  shelf  of 
angling  and  sporting  books;  in  one  corner  a 
rod,  line  and  reel,  a  gaff  hook,  box  of  eyed 
flies  and  a  fly  book;  a  copy  of  Juliana  Ber- 
ners's  "Fysshynge  with  an  Angle"  lies  open 
on  the  shelf ;  a  loch  scene — a  boat  with  a  gillie 
and  two  anglers  with  long  rods. 

294.  Eli  Whitney  |  His  Book 

Engraving,  signed  and  dated:   W.  F.  Hopson 

1903-         3  X  2%6. 
U.  S.  Armorial,  pictorial,  ichthyic.    Two  crossed 

rods,  reels  and  lines;  a  fish  hangs  at  top. 
a  Proof,  signed  in  pencil.        b 

295.  Ex-  I  Libris  |  T.  F.  M.  Williamson. 

Process,   signed   and  dated:   J.   W.   S[impson] 

99.        4%6X3%. 
English.    Pictorial.    An  angler  in  early  i8th  cen- 
tury costume,  seated,  rod  in  hand,  line  wound 
around  butt.    Quotation: 

"...  free  from  lawsuits  and  the  noise 
Of  princes'  courts,  I  would  rejoice; 
And  angle  on." 
Printed  in  red  and  black. 

295*.  Ex-  I  Libris  |  T.  F.  M.  Williamson. 

Small  reproduction  of  No.  295.        2^x2. 
Printed  in  black. 


296.  Ex-Libris  |  Leila  Weekes  Wilson 

Process.        3^  x  2%. 

U.  S.  Pictorial,  water-craft.     Two  rods,  reels 

and  lines ;  a  schooner  yacht  and  a  sloop  yacht 

with  dinghies  towing  astern. 

74 


ANGLING  BOOK  PLATES 

297.  Ex  Libris  |  George  |  W  |  Wingate 

Process,  by  Mrs.  Le  Roy  Springs-Lyon. 

3x2%. 
U.    S.    Armorial,    pictorial,    ichthyic,    punning. 

Arms  play  on  the  name.    Two  trout. 
Autographed. 

298.  Rev<*.  Daniel  Winham. 

Engraving.        i%6  x  2%6- 

English.  Pictorial,  ichthyic.  The  name  under 
a  charmingly  engraved  trout. 

299.  Ex-Libris  |  John  S.  Wood 

Etching,  signed  and  dated:  W.  F.  Hopson  DeL 

SC.   1909.  2y8X3y8. 

U.  S.  Pictorial,  water-craft.  A  creel  and  land- 
ing net ;  a  birch  canoe. 

a  Rough  trial  proof,  sig;ned  in  pencil. 

b  Proof,  signed  in  pencil.  Autographed  presen- 
tation copy. 

c 

300.  Ex  Libris  |  John  |  Page  |  Woodbury 

Engraving,  signed:  E.  D.  French  Sc.  1894. 

3%X2^. 

U.  S.  Pictorial,  water-craft.  Vol.  VII  of  an 
extra  illustrated  "Compleat  Angler"  with  2000 
illustrations;  Seal  of  the  City  of  Boston. 

Third  state,  with  books  engraved  (the  first  state 
to  have  an  angling  interest). 

301.  Ex-Libris  |  Tobias  A.  Wright. 

Engraving,  signed  and  dated:  W.  F.  Hopson 
1918.         3%X2%. 

75 


ANGLING  BOOK  PLATES 

U.  S.  Pictorial.    A  rod,  reel  and  creel;  a  likely 

looking  trout  brook. 
Trial  proof,  signed  in  pencil. 

302.  Ex  I  Libris  |  William  E.  and  |  Edna  Best  Wroe 

Etching,   signed:    [James]    Blomfield.      [Frank] 

Raymond.        sM  x  2%. 
U.  S.  Pictorial,  ichthyic.    Two  rods,  reels,  lines, 

leaders  and  artificial  flies;  two  conventional 

dolphins. 

303.  Ex  I  Libris  |  William  E.  and  |  Edna  Best 
Wroe. 

Etching,    signed:    [Frank]    Raymond    [James] 

Blomfield.        3%6  xi%. 
A  copy  of  No.  302.    Autographed. 


76 


INDEX 


DESIGNERS,  ENGRAVERS 
AND  PRINTERS 

Ames  &  Rollinson,  135 

Anderson,  Hartley,  6 

Audinet,  Philippe  (1766-1837).  Si 

Baker,  P.  C,  13 

Barrett,  William  Phillips,  18,  21,  121 

Bayros,  Franz  von,  153 

Beard,  Daniel  Carter  (b.  1850),  143 

Bellars,  H.  J.,  149 

Berndt,  I.  C,  207 

Bewick,  Thomas   (1753-1828),  7,  50,  79,  128,  144,  I79, 

180,  185,  187,  212,  271 
Blomfield,  James,  302,  303 
Booth,  Franklin,  57 
Booth,  George,  292 
Bottlik,  Tibor  de,  231 
Bragdon,  Claude,  291 
Brett  Engraving  Co.,  W.  H.,  186 
Brooke,  Leonard  Leslie,  26,  52,  53 
Brown,  Alfred  Jerome,  M.D.,  27 
Buck,  Marian,  29 
Burgy,  H.  V.,  261 
Busk,  Hans,  48 
Busselle,  Alfred,  234 

79 


INDEX 

C,  E.  W.,  256 

C,  R.,  196 

Chamberlin,  F.  Tolles,  257 
Chambers,  C.  E.,  95 
Chambers,  Jay,  243,  244 
Cheney,  Sheldon,  181 
Clark,  A.  W.,  204 

Clark,  George  Oliver,  40 

Colborne,  Elizabeth,  146 

Collard,  W.,  264 

Colton,  Ralph  Lester,  46        * 

Crisp,  Arthur,  254 

Cue,  Harold  J.,  200 

D,  M.  B.,  25 
Dempsey  &  Carroll,  64 

Eaton,  Hugh  M.  (b.  1865),  109,  195 

Eclipse  Electrotype  and  Engraving  Co.,  30 

Ellsworth,  Ada  W.,  70,  246 

Elwell,  J.  H.,  186 

Eno,  Henry  C,  M.D.  (d.  1914).  73,  158 

Euwer,  Anthony  Henderson,  254 

Eve,  George  W.  (d.  1914),  139,  266 

R,  M.,  8 

Fletcher,  Raymond  Knapp,  263 

Forrest,  Mark,  162 

Francis,  Francis,  97 

French,  Edwin  Davis  (1851-1906),  29,  62,  125,  238,  239, 

300 
French,  Thomas  E.,  172,  173 
Frolich,  L.,  161 

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G.,  T.,  84 

Gair,  Alice,  4,  5 

Gay,  F.  T.,  72 

Gerster,  Arpad  Geyza  Charles,  M.D.  (b.  1848),  jy 

Gihon,  George  H.,  252 

Glenny,  Mrs.  Jno.,  230 

Glover,  Townend  (sic),  20,  105 

Gorham  Co.,  136 

H.,  M.  v.,  63 

H.,  S.  H.,  122 

Hackley,  M.  R,  218 

Hagopian  Eng.  Co.,  20 

Halkett,  G.  R.,  17 

Hall,  Frederick  Garrison,  115,  175 

Hardy,  W.  M.,  3,  23 

Harlow,  Louis  K.,  160,  169 

Harrison,  J.  A.  C,  293 

Harvey,  264 

Hess,  Emma  K.,  134 

Hillyard,  T.,  190 

Hogeboom,  96,  132,  206,  222,  232 

Hollyer,  Samuel  (b.  1826),  53,  62,  164 

Hook,  James  C,  130 

Hope,  R,,  9 

Hopson,  William  Fowler  (b.  1849),  11,  12,  14,  81,  131, 

137,  138,  144,  177,  183,  221,  241,  285,  294,  299,  301 
House,  Frank  G.,  45,  133,  139,  293 
Howard- Wesson  Co.,  114,  200 
Howland,  Charles  R.,  136 

I.  N.  T.  Co.,  85 

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Jacobson,  Arthur,  ii6,  117 
Johnston,  Graham,  66 

K.,  J.  B,  229 

Kahn,  Henriette,  148 

Kauffmann,  Jean,  262 

Kendrick,  James,  M.D.,  149 

Kern,  Mary  Root,  219 

Kindling,  155 

Kirby,  C.  Valentine,  38,  184,  I99»  249,  283 

Kirkpatrick,  W.  A.,  76 

Kocher,  A.  L.,  145 

Kornerup,  Ebbe,  157 

Lambert,  Mark  (fl.  1807-1855),  16 

Levi,  Benjamin,  201 

Lyon,  Mrs.  Le  Roy  Springs-,  297 

McCall,  G.  H.,  198 

Macdonald,  Arthur  N.,  28,  60,  92,  163,  173,  192,  282 

Marks,  Henry  Stacy,  89 

Mayo,  Geraldine,  Countess  of,  170 

Merrill,  Katharine,  61,  147 

Merrymount  Press,  43 

Mielatz,  Charles  Frederick  William  (b.  1864),  82,  290 

Monk,  M.  C,  120 

Mowbray,  Henry  Siddons  (b.  1858),  280,  281 

Naish,  C,  79,  187 

Nixon,  John  Forbes  (b.  1845),  140 

Pierce,  Gail  Hough,  286 
Poole,  H.  Nelson,  19,  47,  49 
Potter,  Florence  Loomis,  272 

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INDEX 

Raymond,  Frank,  302,  303 

Reid,  Jean  Amot,  31,  33 

Rhead,  Louis  (b.  1857),  208,  209,  210 

Robb,  Mrs.  W.  O.,  104 

Robertson,  Arthur,  167,  168 

Robinson,  B.  F.,  10 

Rogers,  Bruce,  245 

Rollinson,  Charles,  54,  211,  284 

Rowland,  Amy,  56 

S.,  I.,  220 

Sacker,  Amy  M.,  36 

Saltmarsh,  Bertha  E.,  87,  88,  103 

Schmedtgen,  William  Herman  (b.  1862),  127 

Schuschardt,  R,  261 

Schwabacher,  Edwin  R.,  99,  171 

Scott,  John  (1774-1827),  no,  III,  112 

Sears,  Mary,  235 

Seymour,  R.  F.,  250 

Seymour,  Robert  (i8oo?-i836),  91 

Shepard,  Jane  Armstrong,  172 

Sherborn,  Charles  William  (1831-1912),  4,  5,  42,  202, 

268,  271,  289 
Silvester,  R.  (fl.  1806-1840),  48,  240,  274 
Simpson,  J.  W.,  273,  295 
Simpson,  Theodore  Spicer-,  288 
Smillie,  J.  D.,  280,  281 
Smith,  Sidney  L.,  74,  75,  248 
Spenceley,  Frederick,  2,  31,  33,  224 

Spenceley,  Joseph  Winfred  (1856-1908),  i,  2,  32,  59,  251 
Spicer-Simpson,  Theodore,  288 
Springs-Lyon,  Mrs.  Le  Roy,  297 
Starks,  E.  L.  (Mrs.  E.  C),  255 

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Stevens,  G.  M.,  154 
Stewart,  C.  E.,  214 
Stockbridge,  Dana  W.,  37 
Stone,  Alice,  178 
Straus,  M.  M.,  225 
Stuart,  Bertha,  267 
Swayne,  William  W.,  223 
Sylvester,  R.  E.,  265 

Teichen,  H.,  123 

Thery,  A.,  269 

Thompson,  Fred,  86,  174,  203,  270 

Tiffany  &  Co.,  75,  124,  261 

Timbrell  &  Harding,  227 

Treadwell,  J.  D.,  275 

Triptych,  The,  243,  244 

von  Bayros,  Franz,  153 

W.,  J.  T.,  141 
Ward,  Henry  A.,  44 
W^ard  &  Co.,  Marcus,  113 
Webb,  Margaret  Ely,  156 
Whitman  &  Bass,  89 
Wilcox,  J.  A.  J.,  62 
Williams,  John,  65 
Wright,  Margaret  Hardon,  253 
Wyon,  Allan,  237 

Y.,  J.  F.,  234 

Yale,  Leroy  M.,  loi,  102 

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